An Introduction to Lexical Semantics - 9781032393445

Taylor & Francis

An Introduction to Lexical SemanticsA Formal Approach to Word Meaning and its Composition\nAuthor(s): EunHee Lee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032393445, 978-1032393445\nSynopsis\nAn Introduction to Lexical Semantics provides a comprehensive theoretical overview of lexical semantics, analysing the major lexical categories in English: verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions. The book illustrates step-by-step how to use formal semantic tools. \n\nDivided into four parts, covering the key aspects of lexical semantics, this book: \n\nintroduces readers to the major influential theories including the syntax-lexical semantics interface theory by Levin and Rappaport and Pinker, the generative lexicon theory by Pustejovsky and formal semantic analyses \ndiscusses key topics in formal semantics including metonymy, metaphor and polysemy\nillustrates how to study word meaning scientifically by discussing mathe.