An Introduction to English Semantics And Pragmatics
by Griffiths, PatrickFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-09-01
Publisher(s): Edinburgh Univ Pr
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Summary
This textbook series provides introductions to the main areas of English Language study. Volumes cover aspects of the history and structure of the language such as: syntax, phonology, morphology, regional and social variation, Old English, Middle English and International Englishes.
Table of Contents
| List of figures and tables | viii | ||||
| Preface | x | ||||
| 1 Studying meaning | 1 | (23) | |||
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4 | (5) | |||
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9 | (6) | |||
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15 | (6) | |||
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| 2 Adjective meanings | 24 | (17) | |||
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25 | (9) | |||
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34 | (4) | |||
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| 3 Noun vocabulary | 41 | (18) | |||
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52 | (2) | |||
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54 | (2) | |||
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56 | (1) | |||
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57 | (1) | |||
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58 | (1) | |||
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58 | (1) | |||
| 4 Verbs and situations | 59 | (19) | |||
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59 | (1) | |||
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60 | (6) | |||
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66 | (9) | |||
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75 | (1) | |||
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75 | (1) | |||
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76 | (1) | |||
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76 | (2) | |||
| 5 Figurative language | 78 | (15) | |||
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78 | (1) | |||
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79 | (3) | |||
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82 | (4) | |||
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86 | (4) | |||
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90 | (1) | |||
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90 | (1) | |||
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91 | (1) | |||
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91 | (2) | |||
| 6 Tense and aspect | 93 | (17) | |||
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93 | (3) | |||
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96 | (4) | |||
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100 | (7) | |||
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107 | (1) | |||
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108 | (1) | |||
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109 | (1) | |||
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109 | (1) | |||
| 7 Modality, scope and quantification | 110 | (22) | |||
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110 | (1) | |||
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111 | (10) | |||
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121 | (2) | |||
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123 | (6) | |||
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129 | (1) | |||
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129 | (1) | |||
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130 | (1) | |||
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131 | (1) | |||
| 8 Pragmatics | 132 | (25) | |||
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132 | (2) | |||
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134 | (9) | |||
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143 | (5) | |||
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148 | (5) | |||
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153 | (1) | |||
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155 | (1) | |||
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| 9 Connecting utterances to the background | 157 | (15) | |||
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157 | (1) | |||
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158 | (2) | |||
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160 | (7) | |||
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167 | (2) | |||
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169 | (1) | |||
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170 | (1) | |||
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171 | (1) | |||
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171 | (1) | |||
| Suggested answers to the exercises | 172 | (14) | |||
| Bibliography | 186 | (3) | |||
| Index | 189 |
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