Riemer The Semantics of Polysemy

Reading Meaning in English and Warlpiri
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-11-019755-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 503 Seiten, Gewicht: 10 g

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Riemer, Nick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Cognition and linguistic science
1. Introduction
2. Meaning and interpretation
3. Meaning and conceptualization: Cognitive Semantics Chapter 2. Meaning, definition, and paraphrase
1. NSM and meaning
2. Definition and semantic theory
3. Grounding meaning
4. NSM-specific issues
5. More general issues
6. Implications Chapter 3. Polysemy and the evidence for semantic facts
1. Introduction
2. Polysemy, monosemy and the natural tendency of semantic description
3. Proposed evidence of semantic structure
4. Lexical categorization, semantic relations and referent typicality Chapter 4. Metaphor, metonymy and the theory of polysemy
1. Introduction
2. The present account
3. The basic P/I scenario
4. Four types of semantic 'extension'
5. Metaphor and metonymy in semantic extension Chapter 5. Applications I: English
1. Introduction
2. The domain of P/I in English
3. Sources of examples
4. Some methodological preliminaries
5. Polysemous extensions of English P/I verbs
6. Summary of means of extension: strike Chapter 6. Applications II: Warlpiri
1. Introduction
2. A brief grammatical sketch
3. Three types of 'polysemy'
4. Result Orientation in Warlpiri verbs
5. The domain of P/I in Warlpiri
6. Pakarni
7. Pinyi
8. Luwarni
9. Pantirni
10. Pajirni
11. Katirni
12. Parntarni Chapter 7. Conclusion: description and explanantion in semantics

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Über Autor(innen)

Nick Riemer is Assistant Professor at the Department of English, University of Sydney, Australia.