Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0521433029
- ISBN-13
- 9780521433020
- Series
- Linguistic Semantics
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 376
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Author
- John Lyons
Description
This successor to Language, Meaning and Context provides an invaluable introduction to linguistic semantics.
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