An introduction to the "cognitive paradigm" in linguistics. Cognitive linguistics is contrasted throughout with the assumptions of Chomskyan linguistics. With examples drawn mainly from English, the book explores the potential of the approach for the study of word meaning, syntax and phonology.
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Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
6 text figures, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 138 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-19-824838-5 (9780198248385)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The categorization of colour; the classical approach to categorization; prototype categories - I and II; linguistic and encyclopaedic knowledge; polysemy and meaning chains; category extension - metonymy and metaphor; polysemous categories in morphology and syntax; polysemous categories in intonation; grammatical categories; syntactic constructions as prototype categories; prototype categories in phonology; the acquisition of categories.