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In Search of a Cognitive Linguistic Model of Semantic Change (Paperback)
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In Search of a Cognitive Linguistic Model of Semantic Change (Paperback)
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Semantic change is a linguistic phenomenon that allows words to
mean something different from what they used to. The problem has
preoccupied linguists ever since the beginning of the 19th century.
At that time many students of language first realised that sense
alterations can be no longer treated as corruption or degeneration
and tried to bring them into some kind of order and system.
Although its golden period is long gone, the study of diachronic
changes in meaning has never been abandoned entirely. In my
research, I treat semantic change as a natural consequence of the
dynamic and creative nature of human cognitive capacities. In the
proposed model, semantic change is perceived as an unconscious act
of creation resulting from the basic mental mechanism of putting
two things together, otherwise referred to as conceptual blending.
Paradoxically, language is possible only if it allows a limited
number of combinable linguistic forms to cover a very large number
of meaningful situations. Constructing cross-domain mappings and
putting mental spaces together, we arrive at new meanings that
become entrenched and conventionalised in language, leading to
semantic change.
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Imprint: |
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
March 2012 |
First published: |
March 2012 |
Authors: |
Marcin Grygiel
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
308 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-8484-3516-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
Literacy
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LSN: |
3-8484-3516-0 |
Barcode: |
9783848435166 |
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