Typographic conventions xliii
From the preface to the first edition xlv
Preface to the second edition xlvii
Preface to the third edition xlix

Part 1 Fundamental Notions 1
1 Introduction 3
2 Logic and meaning 21
3 Concepts and meaning 51

Part 2 Words and Meanings 71
4 Lexical units 73
5 Contextual variability of word meaning 97
6 Paradigmatic relations of inclusion and identity 127
7 Paradigmatic relations of exclusion and opposition 149
8 Lexical hierarchies 165
9 Syntagmatic semantic relations 177
10 Describing lexical senses 1�� dimensions and structures 193
11 Describing lexical senses 2�� approaches to the
specification of word meaning 211
12 Extensions of meaning 237

Part 3 Grammatical Meaning 263
13 Grammatical meaning��nouns and noun phrases 265
14 Argument structure 279
15 Verbs and adjectives 295
16 Prepositions 319
17 Derivational affixes 343

Part 4 Pragmatics 359
18 Speech acts 361
19 Reference and deixis 379
20 Conversational implicatures 411

Epilogue 447
Answers to questions 451
References 469
Author index 479
Subject index 482