How words mean : lexical concepts, cognitive models, and meaning construction / Vyvyan Evans.
"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 pro...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| 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)."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 377 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199234663 9780199234660 0199234671 9780199234677 |