Polysemy
Flexible Patterns of Meaning in Mind and Language
Brigitte Nerlich editor Vimala Herman editor Zazie Todd editor David D Clarke editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:De Gruyter
Published:21st Aug '03
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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 the field, are all underpinned by detailed discussions of methodology and theory.
"To end on a personal note, I hope that Polysemy: Flexible Patterns of Meaning in Mind and Language will provoke a number of discussions in related fields, leading to a number of interesting findings and the development of polysemy research in the future."Yoshikata Shibuya in: Cognitive Linguistics 4/2007
ISBN: 9783110176162
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 743g
432 pages
Reprint 2011