Introduction: Semantics - A Theory in Search of an ObjectNick Riemer Part 1. Foundational issues 1. (Descriptive) Externalism in Semantics Steven Gross 2.Internalist Semantics: Meaning, Conceptualization and Expression Nick Riemer 3. History of Semantics Keith Allan Part 2. Approaches 4. Foundations of Formal Semantics Jon Gajewski 5. Cognitive Semantics Maarten Lemmens 6. Corpus Semantics Michael Stubbs Part 3. Meaning and Conceptualization 7. Categories, Prototypes and Exemplars James A. Hampton 8. Embodiment, Simulation and Meaning Benjamin Bergen 9. Language and Thought Daniel Casasanto Part 4. Meaning and Context 10. Semantics and Pragmatics John Saeed 11. Contextual Adjustment of Meaning Robyn Carston Part 5. Lexical Semantics 12. Lexical Decomposition Nick Riemer 13. Sense Individuation Dirk Geeraerts 14. Sense Relations Petra Storjohann 15. Semantic Extension John Newman Part 6. Semantics of Specific Phenomena 16. Semantics of Nominals Sebastian Löbner 17. Negation and Polarity Doris Penka 18. Quantification Anna Szabolcsi 19. Lexical and Grammatical Aspect Stephen Dickey 20. Tense Ilse Depraetere and Raphael Salkie 21. Modality Ilse Depraetere 22. Event Semantics Jean-Pierre Koenig 23. Participant Roles Beatrice Primus 24. Compositionality Adele E. Goldberg 25. The Semantics of Lexical Typology Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Ekaterina Rakhilina and Martine Vanhove Part 7. Extensions 26. Acquisition of Meaning Soonja Choi 27. Expressives Ad Foolen 28. Interpretative Semantics François Rastier 29. Semantic Processing Martin J. Pickering and Steven Frisson Index