Semantics : a coursebook - Hurford, James R; Heasley, Brendan 1946; Smith, Michael B. 1955 (Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007)
1. Basic ideas in semantics -- Unit 1. About semantics -- Unit 2. Sentences, utterances, and propositions -- Unit 3. Reference and sense -- 2. From reference ... -- Unit 4. Referring expressions -- Unit 5. Predicates -- Unit 6. Predicates, referring expressions, and universe of discourse -- Unit 7. Deixis and definiteness -- Unit 8. Words and things : extensions and prototypes -- 3. ... to sense -- Unit 9. Sense properties and stereotypes -- Unit 10. Sense relations (1) -- Unit 11. Sense relations (2) -- 4. Logic -- Unit 12. About logic -- Unit 13. A notation for simple propositions -- Unit 14. Connectives : and and or -- Unit 15. More connectives -- 5. Word meaning -- Unit 16. About dictionaries -- Unit 17. Meaning postulates -- Unit 18. Properties of predicates -- Unit 19. Derivation -- Unit 20. Participant roles -- 6. Interpersonal and non-literal meaning -- Unit 21. Speech acts -- Unit 22. Perlocurions and illocutions -- Unit 23. Felicity conditions -- Unit 24. Direct and indirect illocutions -- Unit 25. Propositions and illocutions -- Unit 26. Conversational implicative -- Unit 27. Non-literal meaning : idioms, metaphor, and metonymy
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Keywords: Semantics; linguistics