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1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,
0304-0763 ;
v. 194
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 194.
0304-0763
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
LEXICOLOGY, SEMANTICS AND LEXICOGRAPHY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC Data; Contents; Introduction; G L Brook: 1910-1987; List of Contributors; Lexical Gaps, Cognition and Linguistic Change; Folk-Etymology: Haphazard Perversion or Shrewd Analogy?; Mechanisms of Semantic Change in Nouns of Cognition: a General Model?; Historical Semantics and Historical Lexicography: will the twain ever meet?; Strange Linguists: The Cant and Slang Dictionary Tradition; Lexical Choices in an Early Galilean Translation; Grund to Hrof: Aspects of the Old English Semantics of Building and Architecture. |
| Summary |
The papers in this volume show the range and direction of current work in historical semantics and word-studies. There is a strong focus throughout on semantic change and lexical innovation, interpreted within a sociolinguistic, cultural or textual context. Many of the papers draw on the remarkable range of electronic resources now available to historical linguists, notably corpora, dictionaries, bibliographies and thesauruses, and show the effects that these have had in stimulating new lines of research or the re-interpretation of previous conclusions. Cognitive semantics, and especially prot. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lexicology -- Congresses.
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Lexicology. |
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Semantics -- Congresses.
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Semantics. |
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Lexicography -- Congresses.
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Lexicography. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Coleman, Julie.
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Kay, Christian.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: G.L. Brook Symposium (4th : 1998 : Manchester, England). Lexicology, semantics, and lexicography. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2000 (DLC) 99088593 |
| ISBN |
9789027299611 (electronic book) |
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9027299617 (electronic book) |
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9781556199721 (alkaline paper) |
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1556199724 (alkaline paper) |
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1282163744 |
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9781282163744 |
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1556199724 (alkaline paper) |
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9027237018 (Eur.) |
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