Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics

Bibliography

Part I
General
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Part II
A. Syntax	F. Sociolinguistics
B. Semantics & Pragmatics	G. Historical Linguistics
C. Phonetics	H. Computational Linguistics
D. Phonology	I. History of Linguistics
E. Morphology

1. Introductory

Aitchison, J. 2003. Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon. 3rd edition. Blackwell.
Blakemore, D. 1992. Understanding Utterances. Blackwell.
An Introduction to Pragmatics.
Cann, R. 1993. Formal Semantics. CUP.
Elementary logic, including modal logic, standardly employed in semantic theory.
Cruse, D.A. 1986. Lexical Semantics. CUP.
Cruse, D.A. 2011. Meaning in Language. An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. 3rd ed. OUP.
Jaszczolt, K. 2002. Semantics and Pragmatics: Meaning in Language and Discourse. Longman.
Levinson, S.C. 1983. Pragmatics. CUP.
A standard, balanced textbook.
Lyons, J. 1995. Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction. CUP.
Saeed, J. 2009 Semantics. 3rd edition. Oxford: Blackwell.

2. Higher-level texts and research works.

Carston, R. 2002. Thoughts and Utterances: The Pragmantics of Explicit Communication. Blackwell.
Chierchia, G. and McConnell-Ginet, S. 2000. Meaning and Grammar. 2nd edition. MITP.
An introduction to intensional logic as a tool for semantic description, together with extended discussions of general topics in semantics and pragmatics.
Heim, I. and Kratzer, A. 1998. Semantics in Generative Grammar. Blackwell.
Kadmon, N. 2001. Formal Pragmatics: Semantics, Pragmatics, Presupposition, and Focus. Blackwell.
Kamp, H. and Reyle, U. 1993. From Discourse to Logic. Kluwer.
Introduction to Discourse Representation Theory.
Lappin, S. 1995. Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory. Blackwell. Advanced introductory essays on semantics in generative grammar.
Larson, R. and Segal, 1995.Knowledge of Meaning. MITP.
An introduction to and defence of truth-theoretic semantics as a theory of semantic competence.
Levinson, S.C. 2000. Presumptive Meanings. The Theory of Generalized Conversational Implicature. MITP.
Portner, P. and B. Partee (eds). 2002. Formal Semantics: The essential readings. Blackwell
Sperber, D. and Wilson, D. 1995. Relevance: Communication and Cognition. 2nd edition. Blackwell. A theory of pragmatic implication, with criticisms of other approaches.

3. Reference

Benthem, J. van and Meulen, A. ter (eds.) 1996. Handbook of Logic and Language. Elsevier.
Davis, S. (ed.) 1990. Pragmatics. OUP.
A collection of influential and (mostly) recent articles.
Lyons, J, 1977. Semantics. 2 vols. OUP.
General introductory sections in volume 1 can still be recommended for straight reading.
Martinich, P. 2008. The Philosophy of Language. 3rd edition. 5th ed. OUP. Classical and contemporary background.
Peacocke, C. 1993. The International Research Library of Philosophy, vol. 7. Understanding and Sense. 2 volumes. Dartmouth.
Recent philosophical articles, culled from journals.
Relevance Theory Online Bibliographic Service
Turner, Ken. (ed) 1999. The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface from Different Points of View. Elsevier.
Ward, G. and L. Horn (eds) 2003. Handbook of Pragmatics. Blackwell.

4. Journals

@Linguistics and Philosophy.Formal semantics, some philosophical and formal logic, some philosophy.
@Natural Language Semantics
@Cognition
A leading journal of cognitive science, with articles on linguistics and psycholinguistics.
@Computational Linguistics.
As it says, but much is applied syntax and semantics.
Journal of Semantics. Semantics.
@Journal of Pragmatics. Wide range of articles, including developmental; some issues on special topics.
@Pragmatics and Cognition. Eclectic, with papers verging toward philosophy and psychology as well as semantics and pragmatics.
@Journal of Logic, Language and Information. Mostly mathematical work on formalization of grammars and semantics.
@Journal of historical Pragmatics.
@International Review of Pragmatics.
@Pragmatics.

5. Working Papers and Conference Proceedings