Words and Other Wonders
| Author | : Dirk Geeraerts |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 505 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783110190427 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3110190427 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (427 Downloads) |
Download or read book Words and Other Wonders written by Dirk Geeraerts and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2006 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Linguistics has given a major impetus to the study of semantics and the lexicon. The present volume brings together seventeen previously published papers that testify to the fruitfulness of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of lexical and semantic topics. Spanning the period from the late 1980s to recent years, the collection features a number of papers that may be considered classics within the field of cognitive linguistic lexicology. The papers are grouped in thematic sections. The first section deals with prototypicality as a theoretical and practical model of semantic descripti.
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