Making sense out of meaning : an essay in lexical semantics /
Hirtle, W. H. 1927-
Making sense out of meaning : an essay in lexical semantics / Walter Hirtle. - [CEL version. - Montreal [Quebec] ; Kingston [Ontario] ; London [England] ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2013. Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
I Situating the Question. Language as a Human Phenomenon -- Linguists and the Tradition -- Meaning: An Object of Scientific Enquiry? II Making Words. Coming to Grips with Meaning -- How Access "Got Verbed" -- Wording III Lexemes of verbs. Monosemy and Polysemy -- Discerning Different Senses of See -- Grammatical (In)compatibility with Other Verbs -- Do, Be, Have -- Working Out the Right Sense IV Lexemes of Substantives. Common and Proper -- 'Unbounded' and 'Bounded' -- Metaphor V The Grammatical Connection. Making Lexemes into Nouns -- Space Words, Time Words, and Adverbs VI Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- GLossary.
Exploring the universe of meaning and how it enables us to put thoughts and experiences into words.
9780773589179
Polysemy.
Semantics.
Discourse analysis.
Cognitive grammar.
Metaphor.
Psycholinguistics.
Electronic Books.
P325 / .M355 2013
Making sense out of meaning : an essay in lexical semantics / Walter Hirtle. - [CEL version. - Montreal [Quebec] ; Kingston [Ontario] ; London [England] ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2013. Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
I Situating the Question. Language as a Human Phenomenon -- Linguists and the Tradition -- Meaning: An Object of Scientific Enquiry? II Making Words. Coming to Grips with Meaning -- How Access "Got Verbed" -- Wording III Lexemes of verbs. Monosemy and Polysemy -- Discerning Different Senses of See -- Grammatical (In)compatibility with Other Verbs -- Do, Be, Have -- Working Out the Right Sense IV Lexemes of Substantives. Common and Proper -- 'Unbounded' and 'Bounded' -- Metaphor V The Grammatical Connection. Making Lexemes into Nouns -- Space Words, Time Words, and Adverbs VI Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- GLossary.
Exploring the universe of meaning and how it enables us to put thoughts and experiences into words.
9780773589179
Polysemy.
Semantics.
Discourse analysis.
Cognitive grammar.
Metaphor.
Psycholinguistics.
Electronic Books.
P325 / .M355 2013