ISBN: 9780199668434

ISBN-13: 9780199668434, 978-0199668434. They focus on complex and culturally important words in a range of languages that includes English, Russian, Polish, French, Warlpiri and Malay. vi… Mehr…

ISBN-13: 9780199668434, 978-0199668434. They focus on complex and culturally important words in a range of languages that includes English, Russian, Polish, French, Warlpiri and Malay. violence; others describe qualities such as hot, hard, and rough, emotions like happiness and sadness, or feelings like pain. Words and Meanings Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days).Lexical Semantics Across Domains, Languages, and CulturesAuthor(s): Cliff Goddard, Anna WierzbickaFormat: HardbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, United KingdomImprint: Oxford University PressISBN-13: 9780199668434, 978-0199668434SynopsisIn a series of cross-cultural investigations of word meaning, Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka examine key expressions from different domains of the lexicon - concrete, abstract, physical, sensory, emotional, and social. They focus on complex and culturally important words in a range of languages that includes English, Russian, Polish, French, Warlpiri and Malay. Some are basic like men, women, and children or abstract nouns like trauma andviolence; others describe qualities such as hot, hard, and rough, emotions like happiness and sadness, or feelings like pain. This fascinating book is for everyone interested in the relations between meaning, culture, ideas, and words. They ground their discussions in real examples from different cultures and draw on workranging from Leibniz, Locke, and Bentham, to popular works such as autobiographies and memoirs, and the Dalai Lama on happiness.The book opens with a review of the neglected status of lexical semantics in linguistics. The authors consider a range of analytical issues including lexical polysemy, semantic change, the relationship between lexical and grammatical semantics, and the concepts of semantic molecules and templates. Their fascinating book is for everyone interested in the relations between meaning, culture, ideas, and words., Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Book Title: Words and Meanings, EAN: 9780199668434, Publication Year: 2013, Type: Study Guide, Format: Hardcover, Subject Area: Religious Sociology, Language: English, Publication Name: Words and Meanings: Lexical Semantics Across Domains, Languages, and Cultures, Item Height: 238mm, Item Width: 163mm, Item Weight: 654g, Number of Pages: 324 Pages, Oxford University Press<

2013, ISBN: 0199668434

[EAN: 9780199668434], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press, Oxford], Hardcover. In a series of cross-cultural investigations of word meaning, Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka examine ke… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780199668434], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press, Oxford], Hardcover. In a series of cross-cultural investigations of word meaning, Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka examine key expressions from different domains of the lexicon - concrete, abstract, physical, sensory, emotional, and social. They focus on complex and culturally important words in a range of languages that includes English, Russian, Polish, French, Warlpiri and Malay. Some are basic like men, women, and children or abstract nouns like trauma andviolence; others describe qualities such as hot, hard, and rough, emotions like happiness and sadness, or feelings like pain. This fascinating book is for everyone interested in the relations between meaning, culture, ideas,and words. They ground their discussions in real examples from different cultures and draw on work ranging from Leibniz, Locke, and Bentham, to popular works such as autobiographies and memoirs, and the Dalai Lama on happiness.The book opens with a review of the neglected status of lexical semantics in linguistics. The authors consider a range of analytical issues including lexical polysemy, semantic change, the relationship between lexical and grammatical semantics, andthe concepts of semantic molecules and templates. Their fascinating book is for everyone interested in the relations between meaning, culture, ideas, and words. This book presents cross-linguistic and cross-cultural investigations of word meaning from different domains of the lexicon - concrete, abstract, physical, sensory, emotional, and social. The words they consider are complex, culturally important, and basic, in a range of languages that includes English, Russian, Polish, French, Warlpiri and Malay. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability., Books<

2014, ISBN: 0199668434

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2014, ISBN: 0199668434

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