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LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS An introduction
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LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS An Introduction JOHN LYONS
Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction is the successor to Sir John Lyons's textbook Language, Meaning and Context (1981). While preserving the general structure of the earlier book, the author has substantially expanded its scope to introduce several topics that were not previously discussed, and to take account of new developments in linguistic semantics over the past decade. The resulting work is an invaluable guide to the subject, offering clarifications of its specialized terms and explaining its relationship to formal and philosophical semantics and to contemporary pragmatics. With its clear and accessible style it will appeal to a wide student readership. Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1995 First published 1995 Reprinted 1996 Lmginstic Semantics: An Introduction succeeds and replaces Language, Meaning and Context, first published by Fontana/Collins in 1981. Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Cambridge Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Lyons, John, 1932- Linguistic semantics: an introduction/John Lyons. p. cm. i Includes bibliographical references and index. 401'.43-dc20 95-49736 CIP ISBN 0521 43302 9 hardback ISBN 0 521 43877 2 paperback KTS Contents Page Preface xi List of symbols and typographical conventions xvii
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