Polysemy Flexible Patterns of Meaning in Mind and Language |
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| Editor:
| Nerlich, Brigitte
Todd, Zazie
Herman, Vimala
Clarke, David D. |
| Series title: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-182676-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | Mouton De Gruyter
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| Book Format: | Mixed media product |
| List Price: | USD $293.00 |
Book Description:
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About fifty years ago, Stephen Ullmann wrote that polysemy is 'the pivot of semantic analysis'. Fifty years on, polysemy has become one of the hottest topics in linguistics and in the cognitive sciences at large. The book deals with the topic from a wide variety of viewpoints. The cognitive approach is supplemented and supported by diachronic, psycholinguistic, developmental, comparative, and computational perspectives. The chapters, written by some of the most eminent specialists in...
More DescriptionAbout fifty years ago, Stephen Ullmann wrote that polysemy is 'the pivot of semantic analysis'. Fifty years on, polysemy has become one of the hottest topics in linguistics and in the cognitive sciences at large. The book deals with the topic from a wide variety of viewpoints. The cognitive approach is supplemented and supported by diachronic, psycholinguistic, developmental, comparative, and computational perspectives. The chapters, written by some of the most eminent specialists in the field, are all underpinned by detailed discussions of methodology and theory.