Linguistics: Semantics
Books to get you started
New to semantics? Not sure where to even begin? These books can help give you the basics and background on your topic and help you understand terms, concepts and issues in the field.
The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory by The second edition of The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory presents a comprehensive introduction to cutting-edge research in contemporary theoretical and computational semantics. Features completely new content from contributions by leading semanticists, who introduce core areas of contemporary semantic research, while discussing current research Suitable for graduate students for courses in semantic theory and for advanced researchers as an introduction to current theoretical work.
Finding resources effectively
Library resources are tagged with standardized words and phrases (subject headings) that allow you to search for all resources on that subject, rather than trying to figure out all of the keywords that may appear in the title or abstract of an item. Here are some of the subject terms that will capture materials on Semantics.