Regularity in Semantic Change

Name: Regularity in Semantic Change
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521617918-N
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By Traugott, Elizabeth Closs

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This new and important study of semantic change examines the various ways in which new meanings arise through language use, especially the ways in which speakers and writers experiment with words and constructions in the flow of strategic interaction with addressees. Drawing on extensive corpus data from over a thousand years of English and Japanese textual history, Traugott and Dasher show that most changes in meaning originate in and are motivated by the associative flow of speech and conceptual metonymy.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: illustrated
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 364
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date:: 2007-08-31
Release Date:: 2008-08-21
ISBN / EAN:: 9780521617918
Weight:: 591 g
Dimensions:: 15/23/2 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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