Contents // Typographic conventions ix // From the preface to the first edition x // Preface to the second edition xi // Preface to the third edition xii // Part i Fundamental Notions i // 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 // vili Cements // Part ? 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