Semantics (Saeed book)

Semantics is a textbook on semantics by John Saeed. The book was first published in 1997 with the second edition published in 2003, third edition in 2009, fourth edition in 2015 and fifth edition in 2023.

Semantics

Author	John Saeed
Language	English
Subject	semantics
Genre	textbook
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date	1997 (1st ed), 2023 (5th ed)
Media type	Print
Pages	496
ISBN	9781118430163

Reception

The book was reviewed by Barbara Abbott and Lynn Burley. Burley calls it "a standout among introductory textbooks" and believes that a special advantage of the book is the examination of languages other than English in such subjects as deixis and thematic relations.^[1][2]