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ISBN
9780198700319
Published
2009
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Oxford University Press
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650 gr
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246 mm
Width
173 mm
Thickness
20 mm
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G, U, 01, 05
Language
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Engelsk
Format
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Heftet
Number of pages
364
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Dirk Geeraerts is Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Leuven and head of the research group Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics. He is the author of The Structure of Lexical Variation (1994), Diachronic Prototype Semantics (1997), and Words and Other Wonders (2006) and the editor, along with Hubert Cuyckens, of The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics (2007).
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fills a crucial gap in the literature on word meaning...a long-awaited must-read in lexicological and semantic theory...should be background knowledge for anyone seriously committed to lexical work...a state-of-the-art overview awaited for decades, provides an indispensable reference in semantic theory
Clara Molina, The Linguist List
Theories of Lexical Semantics offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. In spite of the growing importance of the lexicon in linguistic theory, no overview of the main theoretical trends in lexical semantics is currently available. This book fills that gap by charting the evolution of the discipline from the mid nineteenth century to the present day. It presents the main ideas, the landmark publications, and the dominant figures of five traditions: historical-philological semantics, structuralist semantics, generativist semantics, neostructuralist semantics, and cognitive semantics. The theoretical and methodological relationship between the approaches is a major point of attention throughout the text: going well beyond a mere chronological enumeration, the book does not only describe the theoretical currents of lexical semantics, but also the undercurrents that have shaped its evolution.
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. It charts the evolution of lexical semantics from the mid nineteenth century to the present day, presenting the main ideas, landmark publications, and the dominant figures ofthe the five semantic traditions.
Read more
Introduction ; 1. Historical-Philological Semantics ; 2. Structuralist Semantics ; 3. Generativist Semantics ; 4. Neostructuralist Semantics ; 5. Cognitive Semantics ; Conclusion ; References
Covers the period from the beginning of the 19th century up to the present day
Brings together the various approaches to lexical semantics in a clear and insightful architecture of affinities and dissimilarities, of theoretical tensions and descriptive elaborations
Reveals the underlying lines of development in what otherwise might seem a chaotic and unstructured field
Focuses on essential currents and undercurrents, but also provides suggestions for further reading coupled to a large reference section of 800 items
Read more
Dirk Geeraerts is Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Leuven and head of the research group Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics. He is the author of The Structure of Lexical Variation (1994), Diachronic Prototype Semantics (1997), and Words and Other Wonders (2006) and the editor, along with Hubert Cuyckens, of The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics (2007).
Read more
Covers the period from the beginning of the 19th century up to the present day
Brings together the various approaches to lexical semantics in a clear and insightful architecture of affinities and dissimilarities, of theoretical tensions and descriptive elaborations
Reveals the underlying lines of development in what otherwise might seem a chaotic and unstructured field
Focuses on essential currents and undercurrents, but also provides suggestions for further reading coupled to a large reference section of 800 items
Read more
fills a crucial gap in the literature on word meaning...a long-awaited must-read in lexicological and semantic theory...should be background knowledge for anyone seriously committed to lexical work...a state-of-the-art overview awaited for decades, provides an indispensable reference in semantic theory
Clara Molina, The Linguist List
Theories of Lexical Semantics offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. In spite of the growing importance of the lexicon in linguistic theory, no overview of the main theoretical trends in lexical semantics is currently available. This book fills that gap by charting the evolution of the discipline from the mid nineteenth century to the present day. It presents the main ideas, the landmark publications, and the dominant figures of five traditions: historical-philological semantics, structuralist semantics, generativist semantics, neostructuralist semantics, and cognitive semantics. The theoretical and methodological relationship between the approaches is a major point of attention throughout the text: going well beyond a mere chronological enumeration, the book does not only describe the theoretical currents of lexical semantics, but also the undercurrents that have shaped its evolution.
Read more
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. It charts the evolution of lexical semantics from the mid nineteenth century to the present day, presenting the main ideas, landmark publications, and the dominant figures ofthe the five semantic traditions.
Read more
Introduction ; 1. Historical-Philological Semantics ; 2. Structuralist Semantics ; 3. Generativist Semantics ; 4. Neostructuralist Semantics ; 5. Cognitive Semantics ; Conclusion ; References
Covers the period from the beginning of the 19th century up to the present day
Brings together the various approaches to lexical semantics in a clear and insightful architecture of affinities and dissimilarities, of theoretical tensions and descriptive elaborations
Reveals the underlying lines of development in what otherwise might seem a chaotic and unstructured field
Focuses on essential currents and undercurrents, but also provides suggestions for further reading coupled to a large reference section of 800 items
Read more
Dirk Geeraerts is Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Leuven and head of the research group Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics. He is the author of The Structure of Lexical Variation (1994), Diachronic Prototype Semantics (1997), and Words and Other Wonders (2006) and the editor, along with Hubert Cuyckens, of The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics (2007).
Read more
Covers the period from the beginning of the 19th century up to the present day
Brings together the various approaches to lexical semantics in a clear and insightful architecture of affinities and dissimilarities, of theoretical tensions and descriptive elaborations
Reveals the underlying lines of development in what otherwise might seem a chaotic and unstructured field
Focuses on essential currents and undercurrents, but also provides suggestions for further reading coupled to a large reference section of 800 items
Read more
Product details
ISBN
9780198700319
Published
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
650 gr
Height
246 mm
Width
173 mm
Thickness
20 mm
Age
G, U, 01, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
364
Author