| Regularity in Semantic Change Contributor(s): Traugott, Elizabeth Closs (Author), Dasher, Richard B. (Joint Author) |
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ISBN: 052161791X ISBN-13: 9780521617918 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: This new and important study of semantic change examines the various ways in which new meanings arise through language use, especially the ways in which speakers and writers experiment with uses of words and constructions. Drawing on extensive research from over a thousand years of English and Japanese textual history, Traugott and Dasher show that most changes in meaning originate in and are motivated by the associative flow of speech and conceptual metonymy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 401.43 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.12" W x 8.94" (1.30 lbs) 364 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Traugott, Elizabeth Closs: - Elizabeth Closs Traugott is Professor of Linguistics and English at Stanford University. Her previous books include A History of English Syntax (1972), Linguistics for Students of Literature (with Mary L. Pratt, 1980) and Grammaticalization (with Paul J. Hopper, Cambridge, 1993). |
