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The Semantics of Polysemy : Reading Meaning in English and Warlpiri.

This book, addressed primarily to students and researchers in semantics, cognitive linguistics, English, and Australian languages, is a comparative study of the polysemy patterns displayed by percussion/impact ('hitting') verbs in English and Warlpiri (Pa.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Riemer, Nick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2005.
Colección:Cognitive Linguistics Research CLR.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Chapter 1 Cognition and linguistic science
  • Chapter 2 Meaning, definition and paraphrase
  • Chapter 3 Evidence for polysemy
  • Chapter 4 A four-category theory of polysemy
  • Chapter 5 Applications I: English
  • Chapter 6 Applications II: Warlpiri
  • Chapter 7 Conclusion: description and explanation in semantics
  • Backmatter