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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2005.
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Colección: | Cognitive linguistics research ;
30. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 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; Notes; References; Index.