Cognitive linguistics and lexical change : motion verbs from Latin to Romance
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Cognitive linguistics and lexical change : motion verbs from Latin to Romance
（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, ser. 4 . Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 331）
J. Benjamins, c2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-253) and indexes
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This monograph offers the first in-depth lexical and semantic analysis of motion verbs in their development from Latin to nine Romance languages - Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Sardinian, and Raeto-Romance - demonstrating that the patterns of innovation and continuity attested in the data can be accounted for in cognitive linguistic terms. At the same time, the study illustrates how the insights gained from Latin and Romance historical data have profound implications for the cognitive approaches to language - in particular, for Leonard Talmy's motion-framing typology and George Lakoff and Mark Johnson's conceptual metaphor theory. The book should appeal to scholars interested in historical Romance linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and lexical change.
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface & Acknowledgments
- 2. Chapter 1. Objectives and key concepts
- 3. Chapter 2. Cognitive onomasiology and cognitive typology of motion encoding
- 4. Chapter 3. Latin and Romance verb biographies
- 5. Chapter 4. Patterns of onomasiological continuity and change from Latin to Romance
- 6. Chapter 5. Cognitive semasiology and conceptual metaphor theory
- 7. Chapter 6. Semantic continuity and loss from Latin to Romance
- 8. Chapter 7. Romance innovative semantic developments
- 9. Chapter 8. Implications for the cognitive typology of motion encoding
- 10. Chapter 9. Implications for the conceptual metaphor theory
- 11. Chapter 10. Conclusions
- 12. References
- 13. Index of languages and language families
- 14. Index of subjects and terms
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