Lexis in contrast : corpus-based approaches /
This volume takes stock of current research in contrastive lexical studies. It reflects the growing interest in corpus-based approaches to the study of lexis, in particular the use of multilingual corpora, shared by researchers working in widely differing fields -- contrastive linguistics, lexicolog...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Other Authors: | , |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés Multiple |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
©2002.
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Series: | Studies in corpus linguistics ;
v. 7. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Lexis in Contrast; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; List of contributors; Part I: Introduction; Recent trends in cross-linguistic lexical studies; Part II: Cross-Linguistic Equivalence; Two types of translation equivalence; Functionally complete units of meaning across English and Italian; Causative constructions in English and Swedish; Part III: Contrastive Lexical Semantics; Polysemy and disambiguation cues across languages; A cognitive approach to Up/Down metaphors in English and Shang/Xia metaphors in Chinese; From figures of speech to lexical units.