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Discover vital research on the lexical and cognitive meanings of
words. In this exciting book from a team of world-class
researchers, in-depth articles explain a wide range of topics,
including thematic roles, sense relation, ambiguity and comparison.
The authors focus on the cognitive and conceptual structure of
words and their meaning extensions such as coercion, metaphors and
metonymies. The book features highly cited material - available in
paperback for the first time since its publication - and is an
essential starting point for anyone interested in lexical
semantics, especially where it meets other cognitive and conceptual
research.
Read this book to get a deeper understanding of a wide range of
semantics research on complex sentences and meaning in discourse.
These in-depth articles from leading names in their fields cover
the core concepts of sentential semantics such as tense, modality,
conditionality, propositional attitudes, scope, negation, and
coordination. The highly cited material, covers questions,
imperatives, copular clauses, and existential sentences. It also
includes essential research on sentence types, and explains central
concepts in the theory of information structure and discourse
structure, such as topics, cohesion and coherence, accessibility
and discourse particles.
Meanings of words are constantly changing, and the forces driving
these changes are varied and diverse. Linguistic analyses are
usually concerned with language-internal processes, while
investigations of language-external historical developments tend to
disregard linguistic considerations. It is evident, however, that
an investigation of diachronic semantics will have to consider both
sides: a specific theory of meaning including a proper place for
lexical semantics on the one hand, and incorporate knowledge about
the world and the social and cultural environment of speakers who
use language as a tool for communication on the other. The
collection focuses on meaning change as a topic of
interdisciplinary research. Distinguished scholars in diachronic
semantics, general linguistics, classical philology, philosophy of
language, anthropology and history offer in depth studies of
language internal and external factors of meaning change. This
broad range of perspectives, unprecedented in research publications
of recent years, is a pioneering attempt to mirror the
multi-facetteous nature of language as a formal, social, cognitive,
cultural and historical entity. The contributions, each exploring
the research issues, methods and techniques of their particular
field, are directed towards a broader audience of interested
readers, thus enhancing interdisciplinary exchange.
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