Idiomatic creativity : a cognitive-linguistic model of idiom-representation and idiom-variation in English /
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 id...
| Основен автор: | Langlotz, Andreas. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
2006.
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| Серия: |
Human cognitive processing ;
v. 17. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=229789 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Idiomatic creativity. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Basel, 2003. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (vii, 325 pages). |
| Формат: |
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. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789027293763 9027293767 9789027223708 902722370X |
| ISSN: |
1387-6724 ; |