Ebook An introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics: Part 2

Semantics is the study of the “toolkit” for meaning: knowledge encoded in the vocabulary of the language and in its patterns for building more elaborate meanings, up to the level of sentence meanings. Pragmatics is concerned with the use of these tools in meaningful communication. Pragmatics is about the interaction of semantic knowledge with our knowledge of the world, taking into account contexts of use. The following is part 2 of the ebook "An introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics", inviting you to refer.

Từ khóa: English Semantics, English Pragmatics, Tense and aspect, Scope and quantification, Conversational implicature, Connecting utterances to the background