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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Main Author: Langlotz, Andreas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2006.
Series:Human cognitive processing ; v. 17.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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.
Item Description:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Basel, 2003.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 325 pages)
Format: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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027293763
9027293767
9789027223708
902722370X
1282156063
9781282156067
9786612156069
6612156066
ISSN:1387-6724 ;