Language is more than a system of sounds and symbols. It is a vehicle for meaning. Semantics and Meaning-Making in Language offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of meaning, exploring how words, phrases, and sentences convey ideas, emotions, and cultural values. This book begins with the foundations of semantics, including types of meaning, lexical semantics, and semantic relations. It then examines how meanings combine in compositional structures, how ambiguity and vagueness emerge, and how context shapes interpretation. Figurative language, such as metaphor, metonymy, idioms, and irony, is also analyzed as a key dimension of meaning beyond the literal. Expanding its scope, the volume explores cross-linguistic perspectives and cultural concepts, tracing how different languages encode meaning and how semantic change reflects social and historical.
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