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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Langlotz, Andreas
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2006.
Collection:Human cognitive processing ; v. 17.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.