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.
Subject:	English language -- Idioms. English language -- Variation. English language -- Idioms. English language -- Variation.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161091

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ISBN:	9789027293763 9027293767 9789027223708 902722370X 1282156063 9781282156067 9786612156069 6612156066 902722370X
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Notes:	Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Basel, 2003. Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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

Table of Contents:

-1. Prelim pages
0. Table of contents
1. Acknowledgments
2. 1. Introduction
3. 2. Idiom representation and variation
4. 3. The cognitive architecture of meaning and language
5. 4. Idiom representation - a cognitive-linguistic model
6. 5. The conceptual motivation of idioms denoting SUCCESS, PROGRESS and FAILURE
7. 6. Idiom variation and variability
8. 7. The lexicogrammatical variation of idioms denoting SUCCESS, PROGRESS and FAILURE
9. 8. Conclusions and outlook
10. Notes
11. References
12. Author Index
13. Subject Index

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