Idiomatic Creativity

Author : Andreas Langlotz
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027223708

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This book revisits the theoretical and psycholinguistic controversies centred around the intriguing nature of idioms and proposes a more systematic cognitive-linguistic model of their grammatical status and use. Whenever speakers vary idioms in actual discourse, they open a linguistic window into idiomatic creativity – the complex cognitive processing and representation of these heterogeneous linguistic constructions. Idiomatic creativity therefore raises two challenging questions: What are the cognitive mechanisms that underlie and shape idiom-representation? How do these mechanisms define the scope and limits of systematic idiom-variation in actual discourse? The book approaches these problems by means of a comprehensive cognitive-linguistic architecture of meaning and language and analyses them on the basis of corpus-data from the British National Corpus (BNC). Therefore, Idiomatic Creativity should be of great interest to cognitive linguists, phraseologists, corpus linguists, advanced students of linguistics, and all readers who are interested in the fascinating interplay of language and cognitive processing.This book has a companion website: www.idiomatic-creativity.ch.

Author : Andreas Langlotz
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027293763

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Idiomatic Creativity by Andreas Langlotz Pdf

This book revisits the theoretical and psycholinguistic controversies centred around the intriguing nature of idioms and proposes a more systematic cognitive-linguistic model of their grammatical status and use. Whenever speakers vary idioms in actual discourse, they open a linguistic window into idiomatic creativity – the complex cognitive processing and representation of these heterogeneous linguistic constructions. Idiomatic creativity therefore raises two challenging questions: What are the cognitive mechanisms that underlie and shape idiom-representation? How do these mechanisms define the scope and limits of systematic idiom-variation in actual discourse? The book approaches these problems by means of a comprehensive cognitive-linguistic architecture of meaning and language and analyses them on the basis of corpus-data from the British National Corpus (BNC). Therefore, Idiomatic Creativity should be of great interest to cognitive linguists, phraseologists, corpus linguists, advanced students of linguistics, and all readers who are interested in the fascinating interplay of language and cognitive processing.This book has a companion website: www.idiomatic-creativity.ch.

Author : Simonetta Vietri
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027269300

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Idiomatic Constructions in Italian by Simonetta Vietri Pdf

This study is devoted to the analysis of Italian idioms with either ordinary or support verbs (also called light verbs). The research focuses on the exhaustive description of idioms, and is based on their systematic classification according to the principles of the Lexicon-Grammar methodology developed by Maurice Gross (1975, 1979 and further). A thorough examination of the literature shows strong disagreement on the acceptability of some idiomatic constructions. For this reason, the Web was used as a corpus to verify judgments on the supposed ungrammatical constructions. This approach showed that idiomatic constructions which have always been considered ungrammatical are instead perfectly acceptable if contextualized. The results obtained include the following: passive is not a "special case" when it concerns idioms, and idiomatic constructions show the same complexity as non-idiomatic constructions.

Author : Marie-Luise Pitzl
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781501510083

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Creativity in English as a Lingua Franca by Marie-Luise Pitzl Pdf

This book investigates formal characteristics and discourse functions of linguistic creativity at the level of idioms in spoken ELF as represented in the Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE). Building on the findings of previous ELF research, the book proposes that creativity might serve as a fundamental concept in accounting for the variation that seems to be central to describing and understanding English as a lingua franca.

Author : Rosa E. Vega Moreno
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027253994

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Creativity and Convention by Rosa E. Vega Moreno Pdf

This book offers a pragmatic account of the interpretation of everyday metaphorical and idiomatic expressions. Using the framework of Relevance Theory, it reanalyses the results of recent experimental research on figurative utterances and provides a novel account of the interplay of creativity and convention in figurative interpretation, showing how features 'emerge' during metaphor comprehension and how literal meaning contributes to idiom comprehension. The central claim is that the mind is rather selective when processing information, and that in the pragmatic interpretation of both literal and figurative utterances, this selectivity often results in the creation of new ('ad hoc') concepts or the standardization of pragmatic routines. With this approach, the comprehension of metaphors and idioms requires no special pragmatic principles or procedures not required for the interpretation of ordinary literal utterances, but follows from an automatic tendency towards selective processing which is itself a by-product of Sperber and Wilson's Cognitive Principle of Relevance.

Author : Istvan Kecskes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108879392

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The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Pragmatics by Istvan Kecskes Pdf

Intercultural pragmatics addresses one of the major issues of human communication in the globalized world: how do people interact with each other in a language other than their native tongue, and with native speakers of the language of interaction? Bringing together a globally-representative team of scholars, this Handbook provides an authoritative overview to this fascinating field of study, as well as a theoretical framework. Chapters are grouped into 5 thematic areas: theoretical foundation, key issues in Intercultural Pragmatics research, the interface between Intercultural Pragmatics and related disciplines, Intercultural Pragmatics in different types of communication, and language learning. It addresses key concepts and research issues in Intercultural Pragmatics, and will trigger fresh lines of enquiry and generate new research questions. Comprehensive in its scope, it is essential reading not only for scholars of pragmatics, but also of discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, communication, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and second language teaching and learning.

Author : Dora Faraci,Giovanni Iamartino,Lucilla Lopriore,Martina Nied Curcio,Serenella Zanotti
Publisher : Roma TrE-Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9791259772961

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When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean-neither more nor less. Studies in honour of Stefania Nuccorini by Dora Faraci,Giovanni Iamartino,Lucilla Lopriore,Martina Nied Curcio,Serenella Zanotti Pdf

Il volume raccoglie una serie di quattordici saggi da parte di studiosi italiani e stranieri – colleghe e colleghi, allieve di un tempo, amici – che hanno inteso così onorare la figura personale e professionale di Stefania Nuccorini, Professore Onorario dell’Università di Roma Tre, e autorevole studiosa di lingua e linguistica inglese. I saggi esplorano ambiti di ricerca in cui si è distinta l’operosità scientifica di Stefania Nuccorini, definita “Master of Words” dalle colleghe e amiche di Roma Tre. In primis, passato, presente e futuro della lessicografia, con saggi sui glossari anglosassoni (Faraci), note d’uso nella storia della lessicografia inglese (Bejoint), learners’ dictionaries (Klotz) e e-lexicography (Pettini). Poi, studi di carattere lessicologico, con particolare riferimento alle collocazioni (Pinnavaia), agli anglicismi in italiano (Pulcini e Fiasco), ai verba dicendi in prospettiva comparativa e traduttiva inglese-italiano (Bruti), nonché all’uso di già nella traduzione audiovisiva dall’inglese (Pavesi e Zanotti). Di taglio didattico e transculturale sono due saggi su English as a Lingua Franca (Lopriore, Sperti) e un terzo sull’inglese come relay language (Nied Curcio). Completano la raccolta due saggi di carattere letterario e teatrale, relativi a Laurence Sterne (Ruggieri) e al Macbeth shakespeariano (Di Giovanni e Raffi), mentre si muove tra lingua e letteratura un saggio sulle pratiche stenografiche di Charles Dickens (Bowles). DOI: 10.13134/9rdp-3r87

Author : Anne O'Keeffe,Michael McCarthy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1429 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135153625

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The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics by Anne O'Keeffe,Michael McCarthy Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics provides a timely overview of a dynamic and rapidly growing area with a widely applied methodology. Through the electronic analysis of large bodies of text, corpus linguistics demonstrates and supports linguistic statements and assumptions. In recent years it has seen an ever-widening application in a variety of fields: computational linguistics, discourse analysis, forensic linguistics, pragmatics and translation studies. Bringing together experts in the key areas of development and change, the handbook is structured around six themes which take the reader through building and designing a corpus to using a corpus to study literature and translation. A comprehensive introduction covers the historical development of the field and its growing influence and application in other areas. Structured around five headings for ease of reference, each contribution includes further reading sections with three to five key texts highlighted and annotated to facilitate further exploration of the topics. The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics is the ideal resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates.

Author : Ian MacKenzie,Martin A. Kayman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351760614

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Formulaicity and Creativity in Language and Literature by Ian MacKenzie,Martin A. Kayman Pdf

The chapters in this book elucidate the nature of semi-fixed formulaic sequences; how the meaning of formulaic expressions can change over time; how readers interpret formulaic expressions in first and second languages; how modern and postmodern authors use traditional genres and tales to challenging effect; and how formulaic patterns involving particular words can underlie the texture and meanings of entire novels. Together, the contributions to this collection provide a convincing reassessment of the potential creativity of the formulaic in a variety of linguistic and literary contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of English Studies. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Herbert Alvin Horn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015027675621

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Idiomatic Writing of the Piano Music of Béla Bartók by Herbert Alvin Horn Pdf

Author : Xiao-ming Yang,Dr. Huaxin Xu
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 0761820264

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Errors of Creativity by Xiao-ming Yang,Dr. Huaxin Xu Pdf

Errors of Creativity presents an in-depth analysis of both the sources and characteristics of lexical errors committed by Chinese college students who major in English language. Using theories of the semantic field and componential analysis as the theoretical basis, Errors of Creativity gives new insight into the specific area of error analysis, as well as to the theory and practice of L2 acquisition.

Author : Marja Nenonen,Sinikka Niemi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Collocation (Linguistics)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131651205

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Collocations and Idioms 1 by Marja Nenonen,Sinikka Niemi Pdf

Author : Monica Karlsson
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788922371

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Idiomatic Mastery in a First and Second Language by Monica Karlsson Pdf

The comprehension, retention and production of idiomatic expressions is one of the most difficult areas of the lexicon for second language (L2) learners, even very advanced students, to master. This book investigates this under-researched and interesting aspect of language acquisition, shedding light on both conventional uses of idiomatic expressions as well as creative variant forms. The chapters in the book delve into different aspects of idiomatic mastery: students’ comprehension of canonically used idioms in both their first and second language; the effects of multimedia and visualization techniques on learners’ comprehension and retention of L2 idioms; students’ misinterpretations of L2 idioms; L2 learners’ comprehension of creative idiom variants and their use of idioms in free composition writing.

Author : Judith Munat
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027291752

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Lexical Creativity, Texts and Contexts by Judith Munat Pdf

The coining of novel lexical items and the creative manipulation of existing words and expressions is heavily dependent on contextual factors, including the semantic, stylistic, textual and social environments in which they occur. The twelve specialists contributing to this collection aim to illuminate creativity in word formation with respect to functional discourse roles, but also examine ‘critical creativity’ determined by language policy, as well as diachronic phonetic variation in creatively-coined words. The data, based either on large corpora or smaller hand-collected samples, is drawn from advertising, the daily press, electronic communication, literature, spoken interaction, cartoons, lexical ontologies and style guides. The coining of novel lexical items and the creative manipulation of existing words and expressions is heavily dependent on contextual factors, including the semantic, stylistic, textual and social environments in which they occur. The twelve specialists contributing to this collection aim to illuminate creativity in word formation with respect to functional discourse roles, but also examine ‘critical creativity’ determined by language policy, as well as diachronic phonetic variation in creatively-coined words. The data, based either on large corpora or smaller hand-collected samples, is drawn from advertising, the daily press, electronic communication, literature, spoken interaction, cartoons, lexical ontologies and style guides. Each study analyses novel formations in relation to their contexts of use and inevitably leads to the crucial question of creativity vs. productivity. By focussing on creative lexical formations at the level of parole, these studies provide insights into morphological theory at the level of langue, and ultimately seek to explain lexical creativity as a function of language use.

Author : Christiane Fellbaum
Publisher : Continuum
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015066819429

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Idioms and Collocations by Christiane Fellbaum Pdf

Demonstrates how corpus-based research can advance the understanding of linguistic phenomena in a given language