Semantics

This introductory book offers a short but comprehensive treat-ment of lexical semantics. It includes the study of the meaning fulrelationships between words, and the processes, among them metaphor, by which new words and new senses are developed.But it also embraces phraseology, a rapidly expanding area of study; the processes by which complex words (derivatives and compounds) are formed from simple words; and the analysis of words into meaningful components (such as 'adult' and 'non-adult'). In a final chapter there is discussion of the use of large corpora in lexical research and in dictionary-making.

Semantics

A.P. Cowie

Oxford University Press

2017

Abstract

This introductory book offers a short but comprehensive treat-ment of lexical semantics. It includes the study of the meaning fulrelationships between words, and the processes, among them metaphor, by which new words and new senses are developed.But it also embraces phraseology, a rapidly expanding area of study; the processes by which complex words (derivatives and compounds) are formed from simple words; and the analysis of words into meaningful components (such as 'adult' and 'non-adult'). In a final chapter there is discussion of the use of large corpora in lexical research and in dictionary-making.

Contents:

• Words and meanings,
• Word-formation,
• Multiple meaning,
• Meaning relations,
• Set phrases,
• Components of meaning,
• Semantics and the dictionary

Citation

A.P. Cowie. Semantics. Oxford University Press. 2017.

Collection

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