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Author Hirtle, W. H. (Walter Heal), 1927-
Title Making sense out of meaning : an essay in lexical semantics / Walter Hirtle.
Publisher Montreal [Quebec] ; Kingston [Ontario] ; London [England] ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
Copyright date ©2013
Distributor Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.



Descript 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages)
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Contents I Situating the Question. Language as a Human Phenomenon -- Linguists and the Tradition -- Meaning: An Object of Scientific Enquiry?
II Making Words. Coming to Grips with Meaning -- How Access "Got Verbed" -- Wording.
III Lexemes of verbs. Monosemy and Polysemy -- Discerning Different Senses of See -- Grammatical (In)compatibility with Other Verbs -- Do, Be, Have -- Working Out the Right Sense.
IV Lexemes of Substantives. Common and Proper -- 'Unbounded' and 'Bounded' -- Metaphor.
V The Grammatical Connection. Making Lexemes into Nouns -- Space Words, Time Words, and Adverbs.
VI Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- GLossary.
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ISBN 9780773589179 (electronic bk.)
0773589171 (electronic bk.)
9780773542051
0773542051
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Author Hirtle, W. H. (Walter Heal), 1927-
Subject Polysemy.
Semantics.
Discourse analysis.
Cognitive grammar.
Metaphor.
Psycholinguistics.
Descript 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents I Situating the Question. Language as a Human Phenomenon -- Linguists and the Tradition -- Meaning: An Object of Scientific Enquiry?
II Making Words. Coming to Grips with Meaning -- How Access "Got Verbed" -- Wording.
III Lexemes of verbs. Monosemy and Polysemy -- Discerning Different Senses of See -- Grammatical (In)compatibility with Other Verbs -- Do, Be, Have -- Working Out the Right Sense.
IV Lexemes of Substantives. Common and Proper -- 'Unbounded' and 'Bounded' -- Metaphor.
V The Grammatical Connection. Making Lexemes into Nouns -- Space Words, Time Words, and Adverbs.
VI Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- GLossary.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780773589179 (electronic bk.)
0773589171 (electronic bk.)
9780773542051
0773542051
Author Hirtle, W. H. (Walter Heal), 1927-
Subject Polysemy.
Semantics.
Discourse analysis.
Cognitive grammar.
Metaphor.
Psycholinguistics.

Subject Polysemy.
Semantics.
Discourse analysis.
Cognitive grammar.
Metaphor.
Psycholinguistics.
Descript 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents I Situating the Question. Language as a Human Phenomenon -- Linguists and the Tradition -- Meaning: An Object of Scientific Enquiry?
II Making Words. Coming to Grips with Meaning -- How Access "Got Verbed" -- Wording.
III Lexemes of verbs. Monosemy and Polysemy -- Discerning Different Senses of See -- Grammatical (In)compatibility with Other Verbs -- Do, Be, Have -- Working Out the Right Sense.
IV Lexemes of Substantives. Common and Proper -- 'Unbounded' and 'Bounded' -- Metaphor.
V The Grammatical Connection. Making Lexemes into Nouns -- Space Words, Time Words, and Adverbs.
VI Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- GLossary.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780773589179 (electronic bk.)
0773589171 (electronic bk.)
9780773542051
0773542051

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