Semantic Analysis(English, Paperback, Goddard Cliff)

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Semantic Analysis(English, Paperback, Goddard Cliff) is written by Goddard Cliff and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199560285 (ISBN 10) and 9780199560288 (ISBN 13).

This lively textbook introduces students and scholars to practical and precise methods for articulating the meanings of words and sentences, and for revealing connections between language and culture. Topics range over emotions, speech acts, words for animals and artefacts, motion, activity verbs, causatives, discourse particles, and nonverbal communication. Alongside English, it features a wide range of other languages, including Malay, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, and Australian Aboriginal languages. Undergraduates, graduate students and professional linguists alike will benefit from Goddard's wide-ranging summaries, clear explanations and analytical depth. Meaning is fundamental to language and linguistics. This book shows that the study of meaning can be rigorous, insightful and exciting.