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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
2006.
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| Series: | Human cognitive processing ;
v. 17. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 idiomatic creativity - the complex cognitive processing and representation of these heterogeneous linguistic constructions. Idiomatic creativity therefore raises two challenging questions: What are the cognitive mechanisms that underlie and shape idiom-representation? How do these mechanisms define th. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Basel, 2003. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 325 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027293763 9027293767 9789027223708 902722370X 1282156063 9781282156067 9786612156069 6612156066 |
| ISSN: | 1387-6724 ; |