Meaning: Semantics, Pragmatics, Cognition

Meaning addresses the fundamental question of human language interaction: what it is to mean, and how we communicate our meanings to others. Experienced textbook writer and eminent researcher Betty J. Birner gives balanced coverage to semantics and pragmatics, emphasizing interactions between the two.

Author: Betty J. Birner
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/31/2023
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780367028800

About the Author

Betty J. Birner is a professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. She received her Ph.D. in 1992 from Northwestern University, and has written extensively on pragmatics, the semantics/pragmatics interface, and information structure.