Polysemy, Diachrony, and the Circle of Cognition (Hardcover)

Verbs of mental states or activity constitute a subject of considerable interest to both Cognitive Linguistics and Linguistic Typology. They promise to open a window on the invisible workings of the mind, while at the same time displaying a wide variety of historical sources across languages. In this book Michael Fortescue presents an innovative approach to the semantics and diachronic source of cognitive verbs across a representative array of the world's languages. The relationship among the cognitive verbs of individual languages is essentially one of metonymy, and the book investigates in detail the specific metonymic relationships involved, as revealed largely by the polysemous spread of word meanings. The data is projected against a circular 'map' of interrelated cognitive categories.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture, 28
Release date:	2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Michael Fortescue
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-44951-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-44951-5
Barcode:	9789004449510

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