Semantik

The updated 2nd edition of this introductory work addresses the fundamental questions, concepts, results and perspectives of contemporary linguistic semantics. It does not only focus on grammatical meaning but also examines aspects of word meaning and language use, and it reveals the role of semantic analysis in pragmatics and cognition. The book is primarily aimed at students of German studies but is accessible to anyone interested in the astonishingly complex mechanisms that underlie everyday communication. Thanks to its numerous exercises and exemplary analyses, it is also suitable for self-study.