The Semantics of Polysemy : : Reading Meaning in English and Warlpiri / / Nick Riemer.
This book, addressed primarily to students and researchers in semantics, cognitive linguistics, English, and Australian languages, is a comparative study of the polysemy patterns displayed by percussion/impact ('hitting') verbs in English and Warlpiri (Pama-Nyungan, Central Australia). The...
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Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1 Cognition and linguistic science -- Chapter 2 Meaning, definition and -- paraphrase -- Chapter 3 Evidence for polysemy -- Chapter 4 A four-category theory of -- polysemy -- Chapter 5 Applications I: English -- Chapter 6 Applications II: Warlpiri -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: description and explanation -- in semantics -- Backmatter |
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