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Semantics lexical structures and adjectives edited by Claudia Maienborn, Klaus von Heusinger, Paul Portner.

Contributor(s): Maienborn, Claudia | Heusinger, Klaus von | Portner, PaulMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Mouton readerPublisher: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (vi, 572 pages)ISBN: 9783110626391; 311062639X; 9783110623130; 3110623137Subject(s): Semantics | Lexical grammar | Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective | Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective | Lexical grammar | Semantics | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- SemanticsGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. DDC classification: 401/.43 LOC classification: P325 | .S38137 2019Online resources: EBSCOhost
Contents:
Semantic features and primes / Stefan Engelberg -- Frameworks of lexical decomposition of verbs / Anthony R. Davis -- Thematic roles / Beth Levin and Malka Rappaport Hovav -- Lexical conceptual structure / Christiane Fellbaum -- Idioms and collocations / Ronnie Cann -- Sense relations / Sebastian Löbner -- Dual oppositions in lexical meaning / Christopher Kennedy -- Ambiguity and vagueness: an overview / Markus Egg -- Semantic underspecification / Henriëtte de Swart -- Mismatches and coercion / Andrea Tyler and Hiroshi Takahashi -- Metaphors and metonymies / Violeta Demonte -- Adjectives / Sigrid Beck -- Comparison constructions / Claudia Maienborn and Martin Schäfer -- Adverbs and adverbials / Kjell Johan Sæbø -- Adverbial clauses / Susan Rothstein -- Secondary predicates.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Semantic features and primes / Stefan Engelberg -- Frameworks of lexical decomposition of verbs / Anthony R. Davis -- Thematic roles / Beth Levin and Malka Rappaport Hovav -- Lexical conceptual structure / Christiane Fellbaum -- Idioms and collocations / Ronnie Cann -- Sense relations / Sebastian Löbner -- Dual oppositions in lexical meaning / Christopher Kennedy -- Ambiguity and vagueness: an overview / Markus Egg -- Semantic underspecification / Henriëtte de Swart -- Mismatches and coercion / Andrea Tyler and Hiroshi Takahashi -- Metaphors and metonymies / Violeta Demonte -- Adjectives / Sigrid Beck -- Comparison constructions / Claudia Maienborn and Martin Schäfer -- Adverbs and adverbials / Kjell Johan Sæbø -- Adverbial clauses / Susan Rothstein -- Secondary predicates.

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