Offering a cognitive approach to semantics, this highly accessible textbook place cognitive linguistics at the centre of lexical semantics while covering the field in a broader sense. It explains the fundamental concepts underlying the study of lexical semantics and defines them succinctly.
Divided into three parts, the book introduces lexical semantics then explores earlier approaches to lexical meaning. Finally, the author considers cognitive processes and conceptual mappings. Each chapter includes:
? chapter outlines and summaries
? key takeaways
? practice activities
? further reading suggestions.
The author explains the theories of lexical meaning, introduces key concepts used in the study of meaning, and elaborates on key principles for effective analysis of semantic structure. He also explores the mechanisms of analyzing semantic structures and the techniques used to explain their interpretation.
Presenting a cognitive-linguistic description of an important area in language study relating structure to cognition, this book offers a novel approach for producing and interpreting lexical items in English.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
A frontier of English lexical semantics! It deserves to be used as a textbook of semantics or other disciplines related to meaning study. * Xu Wen, Professor and Director of the Research Center for Modern Linguistics and Foreign Language Education, Southwest University, China * Linguists tend to concentrate on one level at a time, starting with phonology, going through morphology, and syntax, and finally dealing with the most difficult-but-also-most-meaningful level--semantics. This book represents the end of this journey toward meaning. The book divorces itself from syntax, and takes semantics to new levels of insight-Irony, Metaphor, and Metonymy. The tone of the book is entertaining and insightful. * Don Nilsen, Assistant Dean, Arizona State University Emeritus College, USA *
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Maße
Höhe: 236 mm
Breite: 154 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-350-52046-2 (9781350520462)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Zeki Hamawand is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Kirkuk University, Iraq, and Senior Lecturer at Sulaimaniya University, Iraq.
Autor*in
University of Kirkuk, Iraq
Preface
Part I: Fundamentals
1. Meaning
2. Lexical Meaning
3. Grammatical Meaning
Part II: Prior Approaches to Lexical Semantics
4. Traditional Lexical Semantics
5. Structural Lexical Semantics
6. Generative Lexical Semantics
Part III: Cognitive Approaches to Lexical Semantics
A. Cognitive Processes
7. The Prototype Theory
8. The Frame Semantics Theory
9. The Construal Theory
B. Conceptual Mappings
10. The Conceptual Metaphor Theory
11. The Conceptual Metonymy Theory
12. The Conceptual Blending Theory
C. Usage Mechanisms
13. The Usage-based Theory
Conclusion
Appendices
Glossary
Answer Key
Index
