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Semantic Research From Data to Analysis

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, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Published 2026

Description

The first of its kind, this textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of semantics and pragmatics from an interactionist perspective, grounded entirely on empirical methods of social/behavioural science. Designed for advanced undergraduate students, beginning graduate students, and practicing researchers, it responds to the growing requirement that rather than relying on their own native speaker intuitions, students gather and analyze semantic data in a broad range of research contexts, from fieldwork to psycholinguistic and child language research. Practical in…

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Key features

  • Grounds semantic research for the first time in an explicitly empirical epistemology
  • Provides the reader with the tools needed for semantic research
  • Enables the reader to carry out semantic research on languages of which they have no L1 knowledge, including languages other than English, child languages, and obsolete languages

About the book

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108585828
  • Subjects Language and Linguistics,Semantics and Pragmatics
  • Format: Hardback
    • Publication date: 26 March 2026
    • ISBN: 9781108425940
    • Dimensions (mm): 244 x 170 mm
    • Weight: 1.316kg
    • Page extent: 622 pages
    • Availability: Available
  • Format: Paperback
    • Publication date: 26 March 2026
    • ISBN: 9781108441926
    • Dimensions (mm): 244 x 170 mm
    • Weight: 1.057kg
    • Page extent: 622 pages
    • Availability: Available
  • Format: Digital
    • Publication date: 08 April 2026
    • ISBN: 9781108585828

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