Polysemy: Flexible Patterns of Meaning in Mind and Language (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM], 142) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110176165 ISBN 13: 9783110176162

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2003

Synopsis

About fifty years ago, Stephen Ullmann wrote that polysemy is 'the pivot of semantic analysis'. Fifty years on, polysemy has become one of the hottest topics in linguistics and in the cognitive sciences at large. The book deals with the topic froma wide variety of viewpoints. The cognitive approach is supplemented and supported by diachronic, psycholinguistic, developmental, comparative, and computational perspectives. The chapters, written by some of the most eminent specialists in the field, are all underpinned by detailed discussions of methodology and theory.

About this title

About the Author:

Brigitte Nerlich is Senior Research Officer at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Zazie Todd is Lecturer at Leeds University, UK.

David D. Clarke is Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Vimala Herman is Reader at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Review:

"To end on a personal note, I hope that Polysemy: Flexible Patterns of Meaning in Mind and Language will provoke a number of discussions in related fields, leading to a number of interesting findings and the development of polysemy research in the future."
Yoshikata Shibuya in: Cognitive Linguistics 4/2007

About this edition

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 3110176165
• ISBN 13: 9783110176162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Nerlich Brigitte