Typographic conventions
From the preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition

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

Part 2 Words and Meanings
4 Lexical units
5 Contextual variability of word meaning
6 Paradigmatic relations of inclusion and identity
7 Paradigmatic relations of exclusion and opposition
8 Lexical hierarchies
9 Syntagmatic semantic relations
10 Describing lexical senses 1： dimensions and structures
11 Describing lexical senses 2： approaches to the specification of word meaning
12 Extensions of meaning

Part 3 Grammatical Meaning
13 Grammatical meaning；nouns and noun phrases
14 Argument structure
15 Verbs and adjectives
16 Prepositions
17 Derivational affixes

Part 4 Pragmatics
18 Speech acts
19 Reference and deixis
20 Conversational implicatures

Epilogue
Answers to questions
References
Author index
Subject index