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Paul R. Kroeger introduces the study of meaning in human language, connecting the meanings of words and sentences with the ways people use them in conversation. The book develops linguistic tools for analysing both what an expression says and what a speaker may communicate beyond its literal form.
Six units move from foundational concepts and lexical meaning to implicature, compositional semantics, modality, conditionals, causation, tense and aspect. Worked examples from different languages make distinctions concrete, while exercises invite readers to test analyses for themselves. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading.
This is the complete original 2018 textbook, with its diagrams, formal notation, exercises, glossary, references and indexes retained. It provides a systematic introduction for university students and other adult readers interested in semantics and pragmatics.
Paul R. Kroeger. Analyzing Meaning: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Language Science Press, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1164112. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Cover and concept of design: Ulrike Harbort. Original edition and source credits retained unchanged.