UID:
almafu_9959230972902883
Format:
1 online resource (219 p.)
ISBN:
0-7486-4479-2
Series Statement:
Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced
Content:
This guide gives students a solid grounding in the basic methodology of how to analyse corpus data to study new words entering the language or language change. .
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of figures --
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Acknowledgements --
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Abbreviations and conventions --
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1 Introduction --
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2 A brief history of the English lexicon --
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3 Categories of meaning --
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4 Tracing the development of individual words --
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5 How and why words change meaning --
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6 Larger categories --
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7 English colour terms: A case study --
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8 Language and culture --
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9 Metaphor and metonymy --
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10 The big picture and a look ahead --
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Glossary of key terms --
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References --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4744-0912-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7486-4478-4
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9780748644797
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