目錄
Chapter 1 Semantics and Its Place in Language and Linguistics
1.1 What is semantics about?
1.2 What should a theory of semantics look like?
1.3 Different approaches to the study of semantics
1.4 Semantics and other branches of meaning studies
1.5 Summary
Questions for discussion and further reading
Chapter 2 Some Basic Semantic Concepts
2.1 Levels of semantic analysis: Utterance, sentence, and proposition
2.2 Aspects of meaning: Sense, reference, denotation, connotation
2.3 Different types of reference
2.4 Summary
Questions for discussion and further reading
Chapter 3 Language, Thought and the World
3.1 Where is meaning?
3.2 Concepts and mental representation
3.3 Relativism / Determinism vs. universalism
3.4 Summary
Questions for discussion and further reading
Chapter 4 Lexical Semantics and Sense Relations
4.1 The domain of lexical semantics
4.2 Word, word senses and context
4.3 Ambiguity and vagueness
4.4 The lexicon and sense relations
4.5 Componential analysis
4.6 Summary
Questions for discussion and further reading
Chapter 5 Meaning and Logic
5.1 What do we need logic for?
5.2 Logic and truth
5.3 Propositional logic, logical connectives and truth tables
5.4 Predicate logic and quantifiers
5.5 Summary
Questions for discussion and further reading
Chapter 6 Sentence Meaning and Presupposition
6.1 The notion of truth revisited
6.2 Sentence relations defined in logic terms
6.3 Presupposition and triggers
6.4 Presupposition at the semantics-pragmatics interface
6.5 Summary
Questions for discussion and further reading
Chapter 7 Argument Structure and Thematic Roles
7.1 Argument structure and verb valency
7.2 Identifying thematic roles
7.3 Problems with thematic roles
7.4 Thematic hierarchy and argument selection
7.5 Dowty's proto-role alternative
7.6 Summary
Questions for discussion and further reading
References
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