Lexical meaning in dialogic language use:
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Main Author: Feller, Sebastian 1981- (Author)
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co. ©2010
Series:Dialogue studies 9
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:"The present work is a revised version of my doctoral thesis accepted by the Philosophical Department of the University of Muenster in the winter term 2009/10."
Includes bibliographical references and index
Lexical Meaning in Dialogic Language Use; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; 1. The whole and its parts; 2. State-of-the-art theories; 3. Theoretical foundation; 4. Methodological preliminaries; 5. The semantic analysis (Part I): The semantic interplay of subject-NP and VP; 6. The semantic analysis (Part II): New lexical entries. A pilot study; 7. Conclusion; References; Index; The series Dialogue Studies
Lexical Meaning in Dialogic Language Use addresses a number of central issues in the field of lexical semantics. Starting off from an action-theoretical view of communication meaning is defined as something that speakers do in dialogic language use. Meaning as 'meaning-in-use' opens up a new perspective on a number of aspects: how can we define the lexical unit? What about the make-up of the meaning side? Does polysemy really exist? And is encyclopaedic information to be fully integrated into the lexicon?These questions are examined along the analyses of authentic lexical material from corpora
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 184 pages)
ISBN:9027287546
9789027287540

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