UID:
edocfu_9958354246102883
Format:
1 online resource (608p.)
ISBN:
9783110377675
Series Statement:
Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] ; 58
Content:
The volume focuses on semantic shifts and motivation patterns in the lexicon. Its key feature is its lexico-typological orientation, i.e. a heavy emphasis on systematic cross-linguistic comparison. The book presents current theoretical and methodological trends in the study of semantic shifts and motivational patters based on an abundance of empirical findings across genetically, areally and typologically diverse languages.
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Frontmatter --
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Table of contents --
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1. “The lexical typology of semantic shifts”: An introduction --
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2. Meaning change and semantic shifts --
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3. Semantic shifts as sources of enantiosemy --
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4. A Frame-based methodology for lexical typology --
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5. Corpus methods for the investigation of antonyms across languages --
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6. Studying colexification through massively parallell corpora --
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7. Polysemy in action: The Swedish verb slå ‘hit, strike, beat’ in a crosslinguistic perspective --
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8. Making do with minimal lexica. Light verb constructions with make/do in pidgin lexica --
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9. Extended uses of body-related temperature expressions --
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10. The semantic domain of emotion in Eskimo and neighbouring languages --
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11. Motivational scenarios and semantic frames for social relations in Slavic, Romance and Germanic languages – friends, enemies, and others --
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12. Tree, firewood and fire in the languages of Sahul --
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13. Investigating lexical motivation in French and Italian --
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14. Types of motivation in folk plant taxonomies --
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15. Differences and interactions between scientific and folk biological taxonomy --
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16. Holistic motivation: Systematization and application to the Cooking domain --
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17. Motivation by formally analyzable terms in a typological perspective: An assessment of the variation and steps towards explanation --
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Subject index --
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Language index --
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Author index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-037752-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110377675
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110377675
