Motivation in language : studies in honor of Günter Radden / edited by Hubert Cuyckens ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Radden, Günter.

Cuyckens, H.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 243.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 243

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume contributes to the now one-century old question, 'Is the link between forms and meanings in language essentially arbitrary, as Saussure put it, or is it on the contrary also considerably motivated?' The greater part of the papers (Sections 1-3) analyze linguistic phenomena in which not arbitrary, but cognitively motivated links between form and meaning play a role. As such, the contributions in Section 1 examine selected aspects of motivation in the continuum between lexicon and grammar; the contributions in Section 2 study the factors underlying the range of (semantic) variants th

Contents:

section 1. Motivation in lexico-grammar

section 2. Motivation in the lexicon

section 3. Motivation in socio-cultural conceptualization

section 4. Motivation in applied linguistics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613312099

9781283312097

1283312093

9789027275288

9027275289

OCLC:

768761302