Lexical knowledge in the organization of language / edited by Urs Egli ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Egli, Urs.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 114.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 114

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lexicology--Congresses.

Lexicology.

Language and languages--Variation--Congresses.

Language and languages.

Semantics--Congresses.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains a selection of the papers given at an international conference at the University of Konstanz (Germany) in 1991. All contributions relate to the assumption that lexical knowledge plays a central role in the organization of language, inasmuch as the components or modules of grammar come together and interact in the lexicon. Originating in various traditions of linguistic thought, however, the individual papers reflect differing interests and are based upon different conceptions of the lexicon, its status and interfaces. There is the position of current generative linguistics,

Contents:

LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE ORGANIZATION OF LANGUAGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgment; Table of contents; Introduction; I. Syntactic Aspects of Lexical Variation; Lexical and Nonlexical Noun Incorporation; Extraction, Lexical Variation, and the Theory of Barriers; Lexical Decomposition in Syntax; II. Model-Theoretical Approaches to Text Semantics; Tenseand the Logic of Change; The Understanding and Interpretation of Text; III. Lexical Meaning and Concepts; Describing Verbs of Motion in Prolog; Partir c'est quitter un peu A Two-Level Approach to Polysemy

Polysemy in a Two-Level-SemanticsLexical and Conceptual Structures in Expressions for Movement and Space: With reference to Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Indonesian as compared to English and German; IV. The Historical Dimension; A Contrastive Study of Vocabulary Growth in Different Languages: French, English, Chinese, and Japanese; Names Index; Topical Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31275-1

9786613312754

90-272-7652-8

OCLC:

759101365