Frames of understanding in text and discourse :: theoretical foundations and descriptive applications /

How do words mean? What is the nature of meaning? How can we grasp a word's meaning? The frame-semantic approach developed in this book offers some well-founded answers to such long-standing, but still controversial issues. Following Charles Fillmore's definition of frames as both organize...

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Main Author: Ziem, Alexander
Other Authors: Schwerin, Catherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2014.
Series:Human cognitive processing ; v. 48.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:How do words mean? What is the nature of meaning? How can we grasp a word's meaning? The frame-semantic approach developed in this book offers some well-founded answers to such long-standing, but still controversial issues. Following Charles Fillmore's definition of frames as both organizers of experience and tools for understanding, the monograph attempts to examine one of the most important concepts of Cognitive Linguistics in more detail. The point of departure is Fillmore's conception of "frames of understanding"--An approach to (cognitive) semantics that Fillmore developed from 1975 to 1
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 428 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027269645
9027269645
9027246645
9789027246646
ISSN:1387-6724 ;

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