In this two-volume set, Talmy approaches the question of how language organizes
conceptual material both at a general level and by analyzing a crucial set of particular …

It is widely recognized that language is humanity's most distinctive and valuable faculty. In
this work, originally published in 1974, Roger Fowler explains the character and absorbing …

First published in 1962, The Diversity of Meaning was written to provide a more constructive
criticism of the philosophy of ordinary language than the more destructive approach that it …

Hailed as a" masterpiece"(Nature) and as" the most important book in the sciences of
language to have appeared in many years"(Steven Pinker), Ray Jackendoff's Foundations of …

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This textbook gives an up-to-date and readable introduction to the key issues in language,
thinking and representation. It is unique in that it presents an integrated account of the …

Mark Richard presents an original picture of meaning according to which a word's meaning
is analogous to the biological lineages we call species. His primary thesis is that a word's …