The semantics of polysemy: reading meaning in English and Warlpiri
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Main Author: Riemer, Nick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin Mouton de Gruyter c2005
Series:Cognitive linguistics research 30
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [452]-478) and index
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
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 487 p.)
ISBN:3110197553
9783110197556

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