| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Pragmatics & beyond new series ; v. 168
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 168.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Conceptual Structure in Lexical Items; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and typographical conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. Ordering systems for concepts of communication; 3. Lexical gaps; 4. Concepts of communication lexicalised by idioms and collocations; 5. Conclusion; Bibliography; appendix i; appendix ii; Subject/author index; Index of verbs and phrasemes discussed; Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. |
| Summary |
This volume deals with the occurrence of lexical gaps in the domain of linguistic action verbs. Though these constitute a considerable proportion of the verb inventory of many languages, not all concepts of verbal communication may be expressed by lexical items in any particular one of them. Introducing a conceptual system which allows gaps to be searched for systematically, this study shows which concepts of verbal communication are and which are not lexicalised in English, German and Dutch. The lexicalisation patterns observed shed light on the way in which verbal behaviour is conceptualised. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lexicology.
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Lexicology. |
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Communication -- Language.
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Communication. |
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Speech acts (Linguistics)
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Speech acts (Linguistics) |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Proost, Kristel. Conceptual structure in lexical items. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007 9789027254122 9027254125 (DLC) 2007033949 (OCoLC)183879064 |
| ISBN |
9789027291769 (electronic book) |
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9027291764 (electronic book) |
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9789027254122 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027254125 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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