The Lexical Typology of Semantic Shifts

The volume focuses on semantic shifts and motivation patterns in the lexicon. Its key feature is its lexico-typological orientation, i.e. a heavy emphasis on systematic cross-linguistic comparison. The book presents current theoretical and methodological trends in the study of semantic shifts and motivational patters based on an abundance of empirical findings across genetically, areally and typologically diverse languages.

About the author

Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm and Paeivi Juvonen, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Product details

• Assisted by: Päiv Juvonen (Editor), Päivi Juvonen (Editor), Koptjevskaja-Tamm (Editor), Koptjevskaja-Tamm (Editor), Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783110610673
• ISBN: 978-3-11-061067-3
• No. of pages: 600
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 35 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 889 g
• Series: Cognitive Linguistics Research; Cognitive Linguistics Research (CLR); Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR]; Cognitive Linguistics Research; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics