Conceptual structure in lexical items : the lexicalisation of communication concepts in English, German, and Dutch / Kristel Proost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proost, Kristel.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; v. 168.

Pragmatics & beyond new series, 0922-842X ; v. 168

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lexicology.

Communication--Language.

Communication.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume deals with the occurrence of lexical gaps in the domain of linguistic action verbs. Though these constitute a considerable proportion of the verb inventory of many languages, not all concepts of verbal communication may be expressed by lexical items in any particular one of them. Introducing a conceptual system which allows gaps to be searched for systematically, this study shows which concepts of verbal communication are and which are not lexicalised in English, German and Dutch. The lexicalisation patterns observed shed light on the way in which verbal behaviour is conceptualised in a particular speech community. To complete the picture, the volume also addresses the question of whether communication concepts which may not be expressed by verbs may be lexicalised by fixed multiword expressions.

Contents:

Conceptual Structure in Lexical Items

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and typographical conventions

Abbreviations

Typographical conventions and symbols

Corpora used

1. Introduction

1.1 Objectives

1.2 Some basic terminology

1.3 Structural outline

2. Ordering systems for concepts of communication

2.1 Introduction

2.2 A review of ordering systems for concepts of communication

2.3 Conclusion

3. Lexical gaps

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Why study lexical gaps?

3.3 Previous accounts of lexical gaps

3.4 Defining lexical gaps

3.5 Detecting lexical gaps

3.6 Lexical gaps in the fields of speech act verbs and verbs of communication

3.7 Conclusion: Explanations for the occurrence of lexical gaps

4. Concepts of communication lexicalised by idioms and collocations

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The lexical status of complex lexicalisations

4.3 The lexicalisation properties of idioms and collocations: An empirical investigation

4.4 Idioms and collocations with one-word synonyms

4.5 Idioms and collocations lacking one-word synonyms

4.6 Complex communicative expressions in English, German and Dutch

4.7 Conclusion

5. Conclusion

Bibliography

appendix i

appendix ii

Subject/author index

Index of verbs and phrasemes discussed

Pragmatics &amp

Beyond New Series.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612152429

9781282152427

1282152424

9789027291769

9027291764

OCLC:

647685019