Lexicology

Critical Concepts in Linguistics

Edited by Patrick W. Hanks

This new Routledge Major Work is a six-volume collection of nearly one hundred papers, articles, and extracts covering every aspect of lexicology. It ranges over...

Published August 7th 2007 by Routledge.

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Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends

By Pedro J. Chamizo-Domínguez

This book approaches the topic of false friends from a theoretical perspective, arguing that false friends carry out a positive role as a cognitive device,...

Published July 19th 2007 by Routledge.

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Truth and Speech Acts

Studies in the Philosophy of Language

Edited by Dirk Greimann, Geo Siegwart

Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating...

Published June 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

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Focus and Background Marking in Mandarin Chinese

System and Theory behind cai, jiu, dou and ye

By Daniel Hole

This is an investigation into the grammaticalized system of focus-background agreement in Mandarin Chinese. The particles cái, jiù, dou and ye are, in a specific...

Published November 27th 2003 by Routledge.

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Semantics

Critical Concepts in Linguistics

Edited by Javier Gutirrez-Rexach

Semantics is a key concept in linguistic theory, concerning the analysis and description of the meaning of linguistic expressions. This collection contains a selection of...

Published October 23rd 2003 by Routledge.

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Antonymy

A Corpus-Based Perspective

By Steven Jones

Antonymy is the technical name used to describe 'opposites', pairs of words such as rich/poor, love/hate and male/female. Antonyms are a ubiquitous part of everyday...

Published March 28th 2002 by Routledge.

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Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume II

The Western Tradition in the Twentieth Century

By John E. Joseph, Nigel Love, Talbot J. Taylor

Landmarks in Linguistic Thought II introduces the major issues and themes that have determined the development of Western thinking about language, meaning and communication in...

Published May 31st 2001 by Routledge.

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Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume II

The Western Tradition in the Twentieth Century

By John E. Joseph, Nigel Love, Talbot J. Taylor

Landmarks in Linguistic Thought II introduces the major issues and themes that have determined the development of Western thinking about language, meaning and communication in...

Published May 31st 2001 by Routledge.

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Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledge

By Sabine Maasen, Peter Weingart

This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of...

Published December 21st 2000 by Routledge.

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Semantics

By Howard Gregory

Semantics is an accessible and practical introduction to formal semantics, the study of linguistic meaning, for students new to the subject. Semantics:
* shows how meanings...

Published December 9th 1999 by Routledge.

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