The Construction of Meaning

Stefan Kaufmann editor David I Beaver editor Brady Z Clark editor Luis D Casillas Martinez editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Centre for the Study of Language & Information

Published:9th Sep '02

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The Construction of Meaning cover

This volume collects leading-edge work on the semantics and pragmatics of natural language, including contributions from Eve Clark, Paul Kiparsky, Stanley Peters, Dag Westerstahl and Arnold M. Zwicky. The research covers a number of languages - English, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean and Quechua - and phenomena, including adverbial modification, classifiers, constructional meaning, control phenomena, evidentiality, events semantics, focus, presupposition, and quantification. This is a valuable volume for anyone interested in the latest developments in the study of meaning.

ISBN: 9781575863764

Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 2mm

Weight: 369g

263 pages