Semantics (Saeed book)

Semantics is a textbook on semantics by John Saeed. The book was first published in 1997 with the second edition published in 2003, third edition in 2009, fourth edition in 2015 and fifth edition in 2023.

Semantics
AuthorJohn Saeed
LanguageEnglish
Subjectsemantics
Genretextbook
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Publication date
1997 (1st ed), 2023 (5th ed)
Media typePrint
Pages496
ISBN9781118430163

Reception

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The book was reviewed by Barbara Abbott and Lynn Burley. Burley calls it "a standout among introductory textbooks" and believes that a special advantage of the book is the examination of languages other than English in such subjects as deixis and thematic relations.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Burley, Lynn (2004). "Semantics (review)". Language. 80 (3): 634–635. doi:10.1353/lan.2004.0115. ISSN 1535-0665. S2CID 210072796.
  2. ^ Abbott, Barbara (September 2005). "SEMANTICS (2nd ed.)". Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 27 (3): 465–466. doi:10.1017/S0272263105210203. ISSN 1470-1545. S2CID 55405781.
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