Research Catalog

Title

Making sense out of meaning : an essay in lexical semantics / Walter Hirtle.

Author

Hirtle, W. H.,

Publication

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]

Holdings

Details

Description

viii, 254 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Examines an important and controversial topic in lexical semantics: polysemy, the capacity of words to manifest a range of different meanings when employed in different contexts."--Publishers website

Subject

• Cognitive grammar
• Discourse analysis
• Metaphor
• Polysemy
• Psycholinguistics
• Semantics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Situating the question -- Making words -- Lexemes of verbs -- Lexemes of substantives -- The grammatical connection.

ISBN

• 9780773542051 (bound)
• 0773542051 (bound)