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ABOUT THE BOOK BASIC CONCEPTS IN SEMANTICS is motivated by the desire to supplement and augment research materials in one of the core branches of Linguistics. The book provides a searchlight on some basic semantic concepts. Major issues meticulously discussed include: descriptive and pragmatic semantics, Semantic field, types of meaning and theories of meaning. Another theme carefully handled in the book is the relationship between semantics and other branches of Linguistics. This book, will undoubtedly serve as an introduction to the study of semantics, hence, an indispensable reference work for students of Languages and Linguistics.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Abdulwahab Muhammad, is a senior lecturer in General Linguistics in the department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. He obtained a Ph.D with specialization in Semantics at University of Maiduguri. He works in the area of Hausa and English and has several publications in Semantics.

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