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The Routledge Handbook of Semantics provides a broad and
state-of-the-art survey of this field, covering semantic research
at both word and sentence level. It presents a synoptic view of the
most important areas of semantic investigation, including
contemporary methodologies and debates, and indicating possible
future directions in the field. Written by experts from around the
world, the 29 chapters cover key issues and approaches within the
following areas: meaning and conceptualisation; meaning and
context; lexical semantics; semantics of specific phenomena;
development, change and variation. The Routledge Handbook of
Semantics is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate
students working in this area.
This book, addressed primarily to students and researchers in
semantics, cognitive linguistics, English, and Australian
languages, is a comparative study of the polysemy patterns
displayed by percussion/impact ('hitting') verbs in English and
Warlpiri (Pama-Nyungan, Central Australia). The opening chapters
develop a novel theoretical orientation for the study of polysemy
via a close examination of two theoretical traditions under the
broader cognitivist umbrella: Langackerian and Lakovian Cognitive
Semantics and Wierzbickian Natural Semantic Metalanguage. Arguments
are offered which problematize attempts in these traditions to
ground the analysis of meaning either in cognitive or neurological
reality, or in the existence of universal synonymy relations within
the lexicon. Instead, an interpretative rather than a scientific
construal of linguistic theorizing is sketched, in the context of a
close examination of certain key issues in the contemporary study
of polysemy such as sense individuation, the role of reference in
linguistic categorization, and the demarcation between metaphor and
metonymy. The later chapters present a detailed typology of the
polysemous senses of English and Warlpiri percussion/impact (or
P/I) verbs based on a diachronically deep corpus of dictionary
citations from Middle to contemporary English, and on a large
corpus of Warlpiri citations. Limited to the operations of metaphor
and of three categories of metonymy, this typology posits just four
types of basic relation between extended and core meanings. As a
result, the phenomenon of polysemy and semantic extension emerges
as amenable to strikingly concise description.
The Routledge Handbook of Semantics provides a broad and
state-of-the-art survey of this field, covering semantic research
at both word and sentence level. It presents a synoptic view of the
most important areas of semantic investigation, including
contemporary methodologies and debates, and indicating possible
future directions in the field. Written by experts from around the
world, the 29 chapters cover key issues and approaches within the
following areas: meaning and conceptualisation; meaning and
context; lexical semantics; semantics of specific phenomena;
development, change and variation. The Routledge Handbook of
Semantics is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate
students working in this area.
The academic boycott of Israel, a branch of the pro-Palestinian
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is one of the
richest - and most divisive - topics in the politics of knowledge
today. In Boycott Theory and the Struggle for Palestine, Nick
Riemer addresses the most fundamental questions raised by the call
to sever ties with Israeli universities, and offers fresh arguments
for doing so. More than a narrow study of the boycott campaign, the
book details how academic BDS relates to a range of live
controversies in progressive politics on questions such as
disruptive protest, silencing and free speech, the real-world
consequences of intellectual work, the rise of the far right, and
the nature of grassroots campaigning. Written for open-minded
readers, the book presents the fullest justification for the
academic boycott yet given, considering BDS efforts on campuses
around the world. The opening chapters explore the fundamentals of
the academic boycott campaign, detailing the conditions on the
ground in Palestinian and Israeli higher education and analyzing
debates over the boycott and its adoption or resistance in the
west. The later chapters contextualize the boycott with respect to
broader questions about the links between theory and practice in
political change. Directly rebutting the arguments of BDS's
opponents, Boycott Theory and the Struggle for Palestine
demonstrates the political and intellectual soundness of a
controversial and often misrepresented campaign. In defending an
original view of the differences between reflecting on politics and
doing it in the specific context of the liberation of Palestine,
the book's arguments will have a resonance for many wider debates
beyond the context of either universities or the Middle East.
The academic boycott of Israel, a branch of the pro-Palestinian
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is one of the
richest - and most divisive - topics in the politics of knowledge
today. In Boycott Theory and the Struggle for Palestine, Nick
Riemer addresses the most fundamental questions raised by the call
to sever ties with Israeli universities, and offers fresh arguments
for doing so. More than a narrow study of the boycott campaign, the
book details how academic BDS relates to a range of live
controversies in progressive politics on questions such as
disruptive protest, silencing and free speech, the real-world
consequences of intellectual work, the rise of the far right, and
the nature of grassroots campaigning. Written for open-minded
readers, the book presents the fullest justification for the
academic boycott yet given, considering BDS efforts on campuses
around the world. The opening chapters explore the fundamentals of
the academic boycott campaign, detailing the conditions on the
ground in Palestinian and Israeli higher education and analyzing
debates over the boycott and its adoption or resistance in the
west. The later chapters contextualize the boycott with respect to
broader questions about the links between theory and practice in
political change. Directly rebutting the arguments of BDS's
opponents, Boycott Theory and the Struggle for Palestine
demonstrates the political and intellectual soundness of a
controversial and often misrepresented campaign. In defending an
original view of the differences between reflecting on politics and
doing it in the specific context of the liberation of Palestine,
the book's arguments will have a resonance for many wider debates
beyond the context of either universities or the Middle East.
Semantics is the study of meaning in language. This clear and
comprehensive textbook is the most up-to-date introduction to the
subject available for undergraduate students. It not only equips
students with the concepts they need in order to understand the
main aspects of semantics, it also introduces the styles of
reasoning and argument which characterise the field. It contains
more than 200 exercises and discussion questions designed to test
and deepen readers' understanding. More inclusive than other
textbooks, it clearly explains and contrasts different theoretical
approaches, summarises current debates, and provides helpful
suggestions for further reading. Examples are drawn both from major
world languages, such as Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Arabic,
Spanish and English, and from minority ones. The book also
highlights the connections between semantics and the wider study of
human language in psychology, anthropology, and linguistics itself.
Semantics is the study of meaning in language. This clear and
comprehensive textbook is the most up-to-date introduction to the
subject available for undergraduate students. It not only equips
students with the concepts they need in order to understand the
main aspects of semantics, it also introduces the styles of
reasoning and argument which characterise the field. It contains
more than 200 exercises and discussion questions designed to test
and deepen readers' understanding. More inclusive than other
textbooks, it clearly explains and contrasts different theoretical
approaches, summarises current debates, and provides helpful
suggestions for further reading. Examples are drawn both from major
world languages, such as Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Arabic,
Spanish and English, and from minority ones. The book also
highlights the connections between semantics and the wider study of
human language in psychology, anthropology, and linguistics itself.
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