Semantics Books

New and Published Books

1. Truth and Speech Acts

   Studies in the Philosophy of Language

   Edited by Dirk Greimann, Geo Siegwart

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating the relationship between truth and illocutionary acts. This book fills that gap. This innovative collection addresses such...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. Frank Ankersmit's Lost Historical Cause

   A Journey from Language to Experience

   By Peter Icke

   Series: Routledge Approaches to History

   The contemporary Dutch historical theorist/philosopher Frank Ankersmit, an erstwhile advocate and promulgator of what has become known as "the linguistic turn" in historical theory, is very well known within the discipline. His early position with regard to the historical text is frequently...

   Published November 14th 2011 by Routledge
3. Aspects of the Syntax of Agreement

   By Cedric Boeckx

   Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

   This volume brings together various strands of research focusing on aspects of the syntax of agreement, and the role that agreement plays in linguistic theory. The essays collected here show how and why agreement has emerged in recent years as the central theoretical construct in minimalism....

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. Language in Public Spaces in Japan

   Edited by Nanette Gottlieb

   This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts and examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant public spaces, from the...

   Published June 15th 2011 by Routledge
5. Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends

   By Pedro J. Chamizo-Domínguez

   Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

   This book approaches the topic of false friends from a theoretical perspective, arguing that false friends carry out a positive role as a cognitive device, mainly in literature and jokes, and suggesting some pragmatic strategies in order to restore the original sense of a text/utterance when a...

   Published November 8th 2010 by Routledge
6. Language (Routledge Revivals)

   By Leonard Bloomfield

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in Great Britain in 1935, this Routledge Revival reissues one of the most influential works ever published in the field of linguistics. Leonard Bloomfield's Language is both a masterpiece of textbook writing and a classic of academic scholarship, which ...

   Published February 7th 2010 by Routledge
7. Semantic Prosody

   A Critical Evaluation

   By Dominic Stewart

   Series: Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics

   Semantic Prosody is the first full-length treatment of semantic prosody, a concept akin to connotation but which connects crucially with typical lexical environment. For example, it has been claimed that the adverb 'utterly' is characterised by an unfavourable semantic prosody on account of its...

   Published October 6th 2009 by Routledge
8. Structures and Strategies

   By Adriana Belletti

   Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

   Following crucial insights on the functional structure of the clause and recent developments within the cartographic projects and minimalism, this book addresses various central themes in Italian and Romance syntax ranging from verb syntax and the syntax of verb-related phenomena of agreement and...

   Published December 8th 2008 by Routledge
9. Lexicology

   Critical Concepts in Linguistics

   Edited by Patrick W Hanks

   Series: Critical Concepts in Linguistics

   This new Routledge Major Work is a six-volume collection of nearly one hundred papers, articles, and extracts covering every aspect of lexicology. It ranges over philosophy of language, prototype theory, artificial intelligence, cognitive linguistics, systemic linguistics, structuralism (European...

   Published August 6th 2007 by Routledge
10. Focus and Background Marking in Mandarin Chinese

    System and Theory behind cai, jiu, dou and ye

    By Daniel Hole

    Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics

    This is an investigation into the grammaticalized system of focus-background agreement in Mandarin Chinese. The particles cái, jiù, dou and ye are, in a specific use type, shown to form the core of a highly systematic paradigm. This book is not just a valuable companion for anyone interested in...

    Published November 26th 2003 by Routledge