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Idiomatic creativity : a cognitive-linguistic model of idiom-representation and idiom-variation in English /
This book revisits the theoretical and psycholinguistic controversies centred around the intriguing nature of idioms and proposes a more systematic cognitive-linguistic model of their grammatical status and use. Whenever speakers vary idioms in actual discourse, they open a linguistic window into id...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
2006.
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| Colección: | Human cognitive processing ;
v. 17. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Idiomatic Creativity; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Tables and figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Idiom representation and variation
- a hard nut to crack; The cognitive architecture of meaning and language; Idiom representation
- a cognitive-linguistic model; The conceptual motivation of idioms denoting success, progress and failure; Idiom variation and variability
- a cognitive-linguistic model; The lexicogrammatical variation of idioms denoting success, progress and failure; Conclusions and outlook; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index.