How words mean : lexical concepts, cognitive models, and meaning construction /

How words mean : lexical concepts, cognitive models, and meaning construction /

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Author / Creator:	Evans, Vyvyan.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:	xv, 377 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford linguistics
Subject:	Semantics. Cognitive grammar. Cognitive grammar. Semantics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7844218
Related Items:	Online version: How words mean

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ISBN:	9780199234660 (hbk.) 0199234663 (hbk.) 0199234671 (pbk.) 9780199234677 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"How Words Mean introduces a new approach to the role of words and other linguistic units in the construction of meaning. It does so by addressing the interaction between non-linguistic concepts and the meanings encoded in language. It develops an account of how words are understood when we produce and hear language in situated contexts of use. It proposes two theoretical constructs, the lexical concept and the cognitive model. These are central to the accounts of lexical representation and meaning construction developed, giving rise to the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Cognitive Models (or LCCM Theory)."--BOOK JACKET.
Other form:	Online version: How words mean 9780191571152

Table of Contents:

Part I. Introduction
1. Words and Meaning
2. Towards a New Account of Word Meaning
3. Cognitive Linguistics
4. Word Meaning in LCCM Theory
Part II. Lexical Representation
5. Symbolic Units
6. Semantic Structure
7. Lexical Concepts
8. Polysemy
9. Conceptual Structure
10. Cognitive Models
Part III. Compositional Semantics
11. Lexical Concept Selection
12. Lexical Concept Integration
13. Interpretation
Part IV. Figurative Language and Thought
14. Metaphor and Metonymy
15. The Semantics of Time
Part V. Conclusions
16. LCCM Theory in Context
References
Index