This textbook helps undergraduate students of language and linguistics taking their first steps in one of the core areas of grammar, introducing them to the bas

An introduction to the study of meaning in language for undergraduate students.

Presents, in simple and clear terms, the way in which humans express their ideas by talking.

This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including

Current textbooks in formal semantics are all versions of, or introductions to, the same paradigm in semantic theory: Montague Grammar. Knowledge of Meaning is