Categorization in the history of English /:

The papers in this volume are linked by a common concern, which is at the centre of current linguistic enquiry: how do we classify and categorize linguistic data, and how does this process add to our understanding of linguistic change? The scene is set by Aitchison's paper on the development of...

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Corporate Author: Symposium on Classification and Categorization
Other Authors: Kay, Christian, Smith, J. J. (Jeremy J.)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2004.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 261.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The papers in this volume are linked by a common concern, which is at the centre of current linguistic enquiry: how do we classify and categorize linguistic data, and how does this process add to our understanding of linguistic change? The scene is set by Aitchison's paper on the development of linguistic categorization over the past few decades, followed by Biggam's critical overview of theoretical developments in colour semantics. Lexical classification in action is discussed in papers by Fischer, Kay and Sylvester on the structures of thesauruses, while detailed treatments of particular sem.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027285409
9027285403
9786613092465
6613092460
1283092468
9781283092463

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