Regularity in Semantic Change
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series)
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This important study of semantic change examines how new meanings arise through language use, especially the various ways in which speakers and writers experiment with uses of words and constructions in the flow of strategic interaction with addressees. There has been growing interest in exploring systemicities in semantic change from a number of perspectives including theories of metaphor, pragmatic inferencing, and grammaticalization. Like earlier...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:052161791X
ISBN13:9780521617918
Release Date:August 2008
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:364 Pages
Weight:1.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"
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