TY - BOOK AU - Birner,Betty J. TI - Meaning: semantics, pragmatics, cognition SN - 9780367028800 U1 - 401.43 PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Semantics KW - Pragmatics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is language? -- Semantics I: Word meaning -- Semantics II: Sentence meaning -- Pragmatics I: The Cooperative Principle -- Pragmatics II: Speech acts -- Language structure -- Interfaces I: Semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy -- Interfaces II: Structure and meaning -- Meaning and human cognition -- Meaning, minds, and machines N2 - "Meaning addresses the fundamental question of human language interaction: what it is to mean, and how we communicate our meanings to others. Experienced textbook writer and eminent researcher Betty J. Birner gives balanced coverage to semantics and pragmatics, emphasizing interactions between the two, and discusses other fields of language study such as syntax, neurology, philosophy of language, and artificial intelligence in terms of their interfaces with linguistic meaning"-- ER -