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Realms of Meaning
Th. R. Hofmann

Realms of Meaning

An Introduction to Semantics

Longman (1993)
9780582028869
339 pages
Dewey 401.43
LC Classification P325 .H57 1993
LC Control No. 92035281

Subject

  • Semantics

Plot

Provides an understanding of the way meaning works in natural languages, against a background of how we communicate with language. Examples are chosen mainly from English to provide material for the wider discussion of the principles of the subject, but European, East Asian and other languages also provide illuminating examples.