Linguistic Semantics [1 ed.] 0-8058-1074-9, 9780805810745, 9781135441777, 1135441774, 0-8058-1075-7, 332-333-412-4

Table of contents :
Content: Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
1 SEMANTICS AND LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS: TOWARD GRAMMATICAL MEANING
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Grammatical Meaning: An Introduction and Illustration
1.3 Philosophical Semantics and Linguistic Semantics
1.4 Grammatical Meaning Revisited
2 FIVE APPROACHES TO MEANING
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Approach 1: Meaning as Reference
2.3 Approach 2: Meaning as Logical Form
2.4 Approach 3: Meaning as Context and Use
2.5 Approach 4: Meaning as Culture
2.6 Approach 5: Meaning as Conceptual Structure. 2.7 Postscript: Some Notes on Definition3 ENTITIES
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Eight Classes of Semantic Properties of Entities
3.3 Unifying the Semantic Properties of Entities
4 EVENTS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Four Kinds of Events: Acts, States, Causes, and Motion
4.3 Using and Expanding the Semantic Representation of Events: Transfer and Possession
4.4 Typologies of Events
5 THEMATIC ROLES
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Twelve Thematic Roles
5.3 Unified Treatments of Thematic Roles: Localism, Macroroles, and Linking Theory
6 SPACE
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Location
6.3 Deixis. 6.4 Unifying the Semantics of Space7 ASPECT
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Six Major Aspects
7.3 Five Minor Aspects
7.4 Unified Treatments of Aspect
8 TENSE AND TIME
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Tense Structure and Tense Systems
8.3 Unified Treatments of Tense
9 MODALITY AND NEGATION
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Negation
9.3 Epistemic Modality
9.4 Deontic Modality
9.5 The Development of Modality
10 MODIFICATION
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Six Classes of Property Concepts
10.3 Modifier Order
AUTHOR INDEX
LANGUAGE INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX.

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