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Regularity in semantic change /
This new and important study of semantic change examines the various ways in which new meanings arise through language use, especially the ways in which speakers and writers experiment with words and constructions in the flow of strategic interaction with addressees.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in linguistics ;
97. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONVENTIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 The framework; 2 Prior and current work on semantic change; 3 The development of modal verbs; 4 The development of adverbials with discourse marker function; 5 The development of performative verbs and constructions; 6 The development of social deictics; 7 Conclusion; PRIMARY REFERENCES; SECONDARY REFERENCES; INDEX OF LANGUAGES; INDEX OF NAMES; GENERAL INDEX.