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Lexicology : a short introduction / M.A.K. Halliday and Colin Yallop.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-2018, author.
- Yallop, Colin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lexicology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (124 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This readable introductory textbook presents a concise survey of lexicology. The first section of the book is a survey of the study of words, providing students with an overview of basic issues in defining and understanding the word as a unit of language. This section also examines the history of lexicology, the evolution of dictionaries and recent developments in the field. The second section extends this study of lexicology into the relationship between words and meaning, etymology, prescription, language as social phenomenon and translation. ""Lexicology: A Short Introduction"" will be of i
- Contents:
- Table of contents; Chapter 1 Lexicology; Chapter 2 Words and Meaning; Chapter 3 The Future of Lexicology; Glossary; References; Index
- Notes:
- "First published in 2004 as part of Lexicology and corpus linguistics"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-114) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613206213
- 9781441150547
- 1441150544
- 9781283206211
- 1283206218
- OCLC:
- 741690096
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