Idiomatic creativity : a cognitive-linguistic model of idiom-representation and idiom-variation in English /

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Author / Creator:Langlotz, Andreas.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (vii, 325 pages)
Language:English
Series:Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 17
Human cognitive processing ; v. 17.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161091
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ISBN:9789027293763
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Notes:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Basel, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This book revisits the theoretical and psycholinguistic controversies centred around the intriguing nature of idioms and proposes a more systematic cognitive-linguistic model of their grammatical status and use. Whenever speakers vary idioms in actual discourse, they open a linguistic window into idiomatic creativity - the complex cognitive processing and representation of these heterogeneous linguistic constructions. Idiomatic creativity therefore raises two challenging questions: What are the cognitive mechanisms that underlie and shape idiom-representation? How do these mechanisms define th.
Other form:Print version: Langlotz, Andreas. Idiomatic creativity. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2006