Polysemy : flexible patterns of meaning in mind and language

Author(s)

• Nerlich, Brigitte

Bibliographic Information

Polysemy : flexible patterns of meaning in mind and language

edited by Brigitte Nerlich ... [et al.]

（Trends in linguistics, . Studies and monographs ; 142）

Mouton de Gruyter, 2003

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 the field, are all underpinned by detailed discussions of methodology and theory.

Table of Contents

Setting the scene Polysemy and flexibility: introduction and overview Brigitte Nerlich and David D. Clarke Cognitive models of polysemy John R. Taylor Polysemy: past and present Brigitte Nerlich Cognitive approaches Polysemy and conceptual blending Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner Reconsidering prepositional polysemy networks: the case of over Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans Polysemy as flexible meaning: experiments with English get and Finnish pitaa Jarno Raukko Metonymic polysemy and its place in meaning extension Ken-ichi Seto Synchrony/diachrony approaches Polysemy in derivational affixes Adrienne Lehrer The role of links and/or qualia in modifier-head constructions Beatrice Warren Polysemy and bleaching Jean Aitchison and Diana M. Lewis Polysemy in the lexicon and in discourse Andreas Blank Psycholinguistic approaches Irony in conversation: salience, role, and context effects Rachel Giora and Inbal Gur Young children's and adults' use of figurative language: how important are cultural and linguistic influences? Ann Dowker Emerging patterns and evolving polysemies: the acquisition of get between four and ten years Brigitte Nerlich, Zazie Todd and David D. Clarke Computational approaches "I don't believe in word senses" Adam Kilgarriff Senses and texts Yorick Wilks

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Details

• NCID: BA63657965
• ISBN:
  • 3110176165
• LCCN: 2003059377
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin
• Pages/Volumes: x, 422 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P325.5.P65
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Polysemy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00133857