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The science of meaning : essays on the metatheory of natural language semantics /

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With language we command, assert, query, emote, insult, and inspire. Language has meaning, and semantics is the science of linguistic meaning. But what exactly is <"meaning>"? What is the exact target of semantic theory? This volume explores these questions, in the light of the curre...

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Other Authors: Ball, Derek (Lecturer in philosophy), Rabern, Brian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Semantics.
Meaning (Psychology)
Semantics
Sémantique.
Signification (Psychologie)
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:With language we command, assert, query, emote, insult, and inspire. Language has meaning, and semantics is the science of linguistic meaning. But what exactly is <"meaning>"? What is the exact target of semantic theory? This volume explores these questions, in the light of the current state of the art in natural language semantics.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191059957
0191059951
9780191864100
0191864102