Semantic Analysis

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.