Semantics (Lyons book)

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Semantics
Author Sir John Lyons
LanguageEnglish
Subject semantics
PublisherCambridge
Publication date
1977
Media typePrint
ISBN 9781139165693

Semantics is a 1977 two-volume book on semantics by Sir John Lyons.

Contents

Reception

The book was reviewed by Jonathan Cohen, Östen Dahl, George A. Miller and Katherine Miller. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Dahl, Östen (1979). "Review of Semantics". Language. 55 (1): 199–206. doi:10.2307/412523. ISSN   0097-8507.
  2. Miller, George A.; Miller, Katherine (November 1979). "John Lyons on Semantics: Lyons, J. Semantics Vols. 1 and 2. London: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Vol. 1 pp. 371, £12.00. Vol. 2, pp. 897, £15.00". Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 31 (4): 711–735. doi:10.1080/14640747908400760. ISSN   0033-555X.