Polysemy : flexible patterns of meaning in mind and language /
Biographical note: Brigitte Nerlich is Senior Research Officer at the University of Nottingham, UK. Zazie Todd is Lecturer at Leeds University, UK. David D. Clarke is Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. Vimala Herman is Reader at the University of Nottingham, UK.
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin ; New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2011. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Trends in linguistics. studies and monographs ;
volume 142 |
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Biographical note: Brigitte Nerlich is Senior Research Officer at the University of Nottingham, UK. Zazie Todd is Lecturer at Leeds University, UK. David D. Clarke is Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. Vimala Herman is Reader at the University of Nottingham, UK. Main description: About fifty years ago, Stephen Ullmann wrote that polysemy is 'the pivot of semantic analysis'. Fifty years on, polysemy has become one of the hottest topics in linguistics and in the cognitive sciences at large. The book deals with the topic from a wide variety of viewpoints. The cognitive approach is supplemented and supported by diachronic, psycholinguistic, developmental, comparative, and computational perspectives. The chapters, written by some of the most eminent specialists in the field, are all underpinned by detailed discussions of methodology and theory. Review text: "To end on a personal note, I hope that Polysemy: Flexible Patterns of Meaning in Mind and Language will provoke a number of discussions in related fields, leading to a number of interesting findings and the development of polysemy research in the future."Yoshikata Shibuya in: Cognitive Linguistics 4/2007 |
Item Description: | Includes index. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 422 pages). |
ISBN: | 9783110895698 |
Index Number: | P325 |
CLC: | H030 |