语义学

Preface

Author's preface

SECTION I

Survey

1 Words and meanings

Words, words, words

Multiple meaning

Meaningful relations

Set sentences

Components of meaning

Summary

2 Word-formation

Lexicalization

Productivity

Prefixes

Suffixes

Conversion

Compounds

Winners and losers

3 Multiple meaning

Polysemy and homonymy

Testing for meanings

Specialization of meaning

Metaphor

Classes of metaphors

Metonymy

Creativity and slang

4 Meaningful relations

Pairs and groupings: synonymy

Pairs and groupings: ranks

Binary contrasts: antonyms

Binary contrasts: complementaries

Binary contrasts: converses

Groupings: hyponymy

Groupings: non-branching hierarchies

5 Set phrases

Set phrases and set sentences

Collocations

Idioms

Proverbs, catchwords, and formulae

Set phrases and creativity

6 Components of meaning

Componential analysis

Marked and unmarked

Some advantages of a componential approach

Denotation and connotation

7 Semantics and the dictionary

Grammatical and lexical items

Complex words

Multiple meaning

Meaningful relations

Componential analysis

Phraseology

Conclusions

SECTION Z

Readings

SECTION 3

References

SECTION 4

Glossary

Acknowledgements

《语义学》为“牛津语言学入门丛书”之一，《语义学》描述了词语和意义之间的内在联系，包括隐喻转喻，分析了简单的单词是如何变得复杂，拥有更多的含义；也分析了词语的构词。

人们在对语言的特定细节进行剖析之前，应该对语言整体有个大致的了解。作为语言学研究方向的学生进行深入研究之前的热身阅读，《牛津语言学入门丛书》的主旨是为人们理解那些学术性强的语言学专著奠定理论基础。因为这套丛书浅显易懂，对那些感兴趣却并非专门从事语言研究的人进一步了解语言也大有裨益。
《语义学》是一部介绍语义学基础知识的著作，分6章对语言的定义进行描述和探讨。