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1 online resource (viii, 312 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Cognitive linguistics research ; 13
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Cognitive linguistics research ; 13.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: historical semantics and cognition / Andreas Blank, Peter Koch 1 -- Section I Theories and Models -- Cognitive semantics and structural semantics / John R. Taylor 17 -- Diachronic semantics: towards a unified theory of language change? / Helmut Ludtke 49 -- Why do new meanings occur? A cognitive typology of the motivations for lexical semantic change / Andreas Blank 61 -- Diachronic prototype semantics. A digest / Dirk Geeraerts 91 -- Cognitive semantics and diachronic semantics: the values and evolution of classes / Francois Rastier 109 -- Section II Descriptive categories -- Losing control: grammaticization, subjectification, and transparency / Ronald W. Langacker 147 -- Rhetoric of counter-expectation in semantic change: a study in subjectification / Elizabeth Closs Traugott 177 -- Synecdoche as a cognitive and communicative strategy / Brigitte Nerlich, David D. Clarke 197 -- Laws of thought, knowledge and lexical change / Beatrice Warren 215 -- Intensifiers as targets and sources of semantic change / Ekkehard Konig, Peter Siemund 237 -- Cognitive ease and lexical borrowing: the recategorization of body parts in Romance / Thomas Krefeld 259 -- Cognitive aspects of semantic change and polysemy: the semantic space HAVE/BE / Peter Koch 279. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Semantics, Historical -- Psychological aspects.
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Semantics, Historical. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Cognition.
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Cognition. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Blank, Andreas, 1961-2001.
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Koch, Peter, 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Historical semantics and cognition. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1999 3110166143 (DLC) 99032695 (OCoLC)41531776 |
| ISBN |
9783110804195 (electronic book) |
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3110804190 (electronic book) |
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3110166143 |
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9783110166149 |
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