Historical Cognitive Linguistics

This volume addresses aspects of language change using the semantics-based theory of Cognitive Linguistics, and primarily focuses on the lexicon and metaphor, the semantics of syntax, and language evolution. The papers that make up the collection consider current approaches to questions of the mental organization of meaning and its expression, and point toward future research.

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Historical Cognitive Linguistics

This volume addresses aspects of language change using the semantics-based theory of Cognitive Linguistics, and primarily focuses on the lexicon and metaphor, the semantics of syntax, and language evolution. The papers that make up the collection consider current approaches to questions of the mental organization of meaning and its expression, and point toward future research.

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Historical Cognitive Linguistics

Historical Cognitive Linguistics

Historical Cognitive Linguistics

Historical Cognitive Linguistics

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This volume addresses aspects of language change using the semantics-based theory of Cognitive Linguistics, and primarily focuses on the lexicon and metaphor, the semantics of syntax, and language evolution. The papers that make up the collection consider current approaches to questions of the mental organization of meaning and its expression, and point toward future research.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783110226447
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Publication date: 12/23/2010
Series: Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 360
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Margaret E. Winters, Wayne State University, USA; Heli Tissari, University of Helsinki, Finland; Kathryn Allan, University College London, UK.

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