How do we understand what others are trying to say? The answer cannot be found in language alone. Words are linked to hand gestures and other visible phenomena ...more on ebook "The Anatomy of Meaning..."

Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical ...more on ebook "Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Is..."

One of the major arenas for debate within generative grammar is the nature of paradigmatic relations among words. Intervening in key debates at the interface ...more on ebook "Syntactic Anchors..."

The anecdotal view of language acquisition is that children learn language with apparent ease, no instruction and in very little time, while adults find ...more on ebook "Language Development and Age..."

Provides an ...more on ebook "Structuring Events: A Study in the ..."

explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects. Provides an ...more on ebook "Indefinites and the Type of Sets..."

An essential guide to the languages of the world, includes information on over 600 languages ...more on ebook "The Languages of the World..."

According to the dominant position among philosophers of language today, we can legitimately ascribe determinate contents (such as truth-conditions) to natural ...more on ebook "Literal Meaning..."

Evaluation, from connotations to complex judgements of value, is probably the most neglected dimension of meaning. Calling for a new understanding of truth ...more on ebook "Evaluative Semantics..."

This new and important study of semantic change examines how new meanings arise through language use, especially the various ways in which speakers and writers ...more on ebook "Regularity in Semantic Change..."