How words mean : lexical concepts, cognitive models, and meaning construction /

'How Words Mean' introduces a new approach to the role of words and other linguistic units in the construction of meaning. It addresses the interaction between non-linguistic concepts and the meanings encoded in language, developing an account of how words are understood when we produce an...

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Main Author: Evans, Vyvyan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'How Words Mean' introduces a new approach to the role of words and other linguistic units in the construction of meaning. It addresses the interaction between non-linguistic concepts and the meanings encoded in language, developing an account of how words are understood when we produce and hear language in situated contexts of use.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 377 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-371) and index.
ISBN:9780191571152
0191571156
9780199234677
0199234671