This handbook comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in linguistic semantics. The articles present detailed, yet accessible, introductions to key issues, including the analysis of semantic categories and constructions, the history of semantic research, theories and theoretical frameworks, methodology, and relationships with related fields They are an essential reference for students and researchers in semantics and allied disciplines including psychology and philosophy./ The Series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific Languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction.