An introductory text in linguistic semantics, uniquely balancing empirical coverage and formalism with development of intuition and methodology. This introducto

Introduces the major elements of semantics in a simple, step-by-step fashion. Sections of explanation and examples are followed by practice exercises with answe

An introductory linguistics textbook that takes a novel approach: studying linguistic semantics as an exercise in scientific theory construction. This introduct

Annotation Focusing on the English language, this comprehensive and accessible introduction to semantics explores how languages organize and express meaning thr