Lexical meaning in dialogic language use

✍ Scribed by Sebastian Feller

• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 194
• Series: Dialogue studies, v. 9
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Lexical Meaning in Dialogic Language Use addresses a number of central issues in the field of lexical semantics. Starting off from an action-theoretical view of communication meaning is defined as something that speakers do in dialogic language use. Meaning as 'meaning-in-use' opens up a new perspective on a number of aspects: how can we define the lexical unit? What about the make-up of the meaning side? Does polysemy really exist? And is encyclopaedic information to be fully integrated into the lexicon?These questions are examined along the analyses of authentic lexical material from corpora. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Lexical Meaning in Dialogic Language Use; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; 1. The whole and its parts; 2. State-of-the-art theories; 3. Theoretical foundation; 4. Methodological preliminaries; 5. The semantic analysis (Part I): The semantic interplay of subject-NP and VP; 6. The semantic analysis (Part II): New lexical entries. A pilot study; 7. Conclusion; References; Index; The series Dialogue Studies.
Abstract:

Addresses a number of central issues in the field of lexical semantics. This title examines questions like how can we define the lexical unit? What about the make-up of the meaning side? Does polysemy really exist? Read more...