The Dynamic Lexicon Of English

Author : Julia Landmann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004544031

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The Dynamic Lexicon of English by Julia Landmann Pdf

The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. This study investigates the interrelation between use, meaning and the mind as a central issue of contact-induced linguistic variation and change, using the influence of French, Spanish, German and Yiddish on English as case studies. It relies on innovative methodological approaches, including the use of an integrative, socio-cognitive model of the dynamic lexicon, to describe borrowing processes and their linguistic outcomes. The multitude of socio-cultural contexts relevant to the introduction of the various borrowings since the nineteenth century has been reconstructed. This implies the identification of borrowings reflecting connections of linguistic features and culturally embedded attitudes. Taking the effects of cognitive and social factors on conventionalization and entrenchment processes into account, this study makes an original contribution to existing research.

Author : Peter Ludlow
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191022067

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Living Words by Peter Ludlow Pdf

Peter Ludlow shows how word meanings are much more dynamic than we might have supposed, and explores how meanings are modulated (changed) even during the course of our everyday conversations. When we engage with communicative partners we build micro-languages on the fly—languages that may be fleeting, but which serve our joint interests. Sometimes we sync up on word meanings without reflection, but in many cases we debate the proper modulation of the meanings of our words. Living Words explores the norms that govern the ways in which we litigate word meanings. The resulting view is radical, and Ludlow shows that it has far-reaching consequences for our political and legal discourse and also for some of the deepest and most intractable puzzles that have gripped English-language philosophy for the past 100 years—including puzzles in the foundations of semantics, epistemology, and logic.

Author : Sabine Arndt-Lappe,Angelika Braun,Claudine Moulin,Esme Winter-Froemel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110498165

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Expanding the Lexicon by Sabine Arndt-Lappe,Angelika Braun,Claudine Moulin,Esme Winter-Froemel Pdf

The creation of new lexical units and patterns has been studied in different research frameworks, focusing on either system-internal or system-external aspects, from which no comprehensive view has emerged. The volume aims to fill this gap by studying dynamic processes in the lexicon – understood in a wide sense as not being necessarily limited to the word level – by bringing together approaches directed to morphological productivity as well as approaches analyzing general types of lexical innovation and the role of discourse-related factors. The papers deal with ongoing changes as well as with historical processes of change in different languages and reflect on patterns and specific subtypes of lexical innovation as well as on their external conditions and the speakers’ motivations for innovating. Moreover, the diffusion and conventionalization of innovations will be addressed. In this way, the volume contributes to understanding the complex interplay of structural, cognitive and functional factors in the lexicon as a highly dynamic domain.

Author : Barry J. Blake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429683848

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English Vocabulary Today by Barry J. Blake Pdf

English Vocabulary Today: Into the 21st Century offers an innovative perspective on the ways in which contemporary English language vocabulary continues to adapt and grow in light of emerging technologies and ideas. The book begins with a concise history of the English language, followed by chapters covering key topics including lexical change, semantic change and word-formation. Additional chapters highlight unique topics not often covered in English language studies, including the mental lexicon, inclusive language and the importing and exporting of words between English and other languages. Chapter discussions are enhanced by dynamic examples from a wide range of varieties of English, including American, British, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, South African and South Asian. Taken together, English Vocabulary Today: Into the 21st Century offers students a clear and comprehensive understanding of the multi-faceted nature of English vocabulary today as well as new insights into its continued development.

Author : Morton Benson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027230140

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Lexicographic Description of English by Morton Benson Pdf

Designed to help lexicographers compile better dictionaries of English, this book provides information about the language that is not available in any other single source. It is the first serious attempt to describe in detail the lexical and grammatical differences between American and British English and offers a trailblazing solution to the vexing problem of how to treat General American and British RP pronunciation in the same dictionary with the help of a Simplified Transcription for which any typewriter keyboard can be adapted and a pioneering description of the principles concerning the treatment of fixed grammatical and lexical collocations in future general-purpose dictionaries of English.

Author : P. Corson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789401104258

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Using English Words by P. Corson Pdf

Using English Words examines the impact that the life histories of people have on their vocabulary. Its starting point is the taken-for-granted fact that the vocabulary of English falls into two very different sections. Randolph Quirk mentions this striking incompatibility between the Anglo Saxon and the Latinate elements in English: "the familiar homely-sounding and typically very short words" that we learn very early in life and use for most everyday purposes; and "the more learned, foreign-sounding and characteristically rather long words" (1974, p. 138). It is mainly the second type of word that native speakers start learning relatively late in their use of English, usually in the adolescent years of education, and keep on learning. It is mainly the one type of word, rather than the other, that ESL/ EFL students have more difficulty with, depending on their language background. This book shows how discursive relations, outside education, 'position' people through their vocabularies. Some are prepared for easy entry into lifetime prospects of relative privilege and educational success, while others are denied entry. In writing this book, I share an aim with other writers who observe the many discontinuities that exist between discursive practices in communities outside schools, and the discursive demands that schools make (e. g. Hamilton et a1. [19931, Heath [1983], Luke [19941, Philips [1983], Romaine [1984], Scollon & Scollon [1981]).

Author : Pamela B. Faber,Ricardo Mairal Usón
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3110164167

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Constructing a Lexicon of English Verbs by Pamela B. Faber,Ricardo Mairal Usón Pdf

Gives an account of the English verbal lexicon which not only systematizes the meanings of lexemes within a hierarchical framework, but also demonstrates the principled connections between meaning and highlights the syntactic complementation patterns of verbs and the patterns of conceptualization in

Author : Michael D. Picone
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027276148

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Anglicisms, Neologisms and Dynamic French by Michael D. Picone Pdf

This comprehensive study of Anglicisms in the context of accelerated neological activity in Contemporary Metropolitan French not only provides detailed documentation and description of a fascinating topic, but opens up new vistas on issues of general linguistic interest: the effects of technology on language, the analyticity-syntheticity controversy, the lexical contribution to language vitality, the study of compound word formation, the interplay between cultural and linguistic affectivity. By investigating the dynamics of borrowing within the larger framework of general neological productivity and by bringing to bear cognitive and pragmatic considerations, a much-needed fresh approach to the entire question of Anglicisms takes shape. All pertinent phenomena regarding Anglicisms in French — a topic which continues to command the attention of language commentators and defenders in France and elsewhere — are explored: integral borrowings, semantic calques, structural calques, the generation of pseudo-Anglicisms and hybrids, graphological and phonological phenomena. In each case, the phenomenon is investigated in the proper context of its interaction with other pertinent neological, phonological and sociocultural developments. These include general changes in French compound word formation, modified derivational dynamics, the microsystem of pseudo-Classical morphology, historic phonological instabilities, the pressure for more synthetic types of lexical production in relation to the needs of technology and society. Rather than adhering rigidly to any single theoretical model, there is an attempt to set up a dialog between differing models in order to arrive at a multidimensional view of the phenomena investigated.

Author : Thomas Burns McArthur,Tom McArthur
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : English language
ISBN : UCSC:32106006548595

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Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English by Thomas Burns McArthur,Tom McArthur Pdf

Different from a dictionary, the lexicon brings together words with related meanings and lists them in sets, instead of listing words in alphabetical order. These sets of words are organized according to meaning areas, and each word in a set has its own definition and examples. In addition, the lexicon provides detailed grammatical information and guidance on style.

Author : Robert Schreuder,Bert Weltens
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993-08-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027282859

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The Bilingual Lexicon by Robert Schreuder,Bert Weltens Pdf

In the study of bilingualism, the lexical level of language is of prime importance because, in practical terms, vocabulary acquisition is an essential prerequisite for the development of skill in language use; from a theoretical point of view, the mental lexicon, as a bridge between form and meaning, plays a crucial role in any model of language processing. A central issue in this volume is at which level of the bilingual speaker's lexicon languages share representations and how language-specific representations may be linked. The contributors favor a dynamic, developmental perspective on bilingualism, which takes account of the change of the mental lexicon over time and pays considerable attention to the acquisition phase. Several papers deal with the level of proficiency and its consequences for bilingual lexical processing, as well as the effects of practice. This discussion raises numerous questions about the notion of (lexical) proficiency and how this can be established by objective standards, an area of study that invites collaboration between researchers working from a theoretical and from a practical background.

Author : Wolfgang Wahlster
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 645 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540366782

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SmartKom: Foundations of Multimodal Dialogue Systems by Wolfgang Wahlster Pdf

With contributions by leading scientists in the field, this book gives the first comprehensive overview of the results of the seminal SmartKom project – one of the most advanced multimodal dialogue systems worldwide.

Author : Keith M. Denning,Brett Kessler,William Ronald Leben
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198037538

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English Vocabulary Elements by Keith M. Denning,Brett Kessler,William Ronald Leben Pdf

Fascination with words-their meanings, origins, pronunciation, usages-is something most of us experience at some point. This book aims both to fuel and to satisfy that fascination. The book is based on a course that each of the authors helped to develop at Stanford University over the past twenty years. The aim of the course was to help students master English vocabulary and to provide the fundamentals for pursuing an interest in English words. To this end, the book offers a detailed but introductory survey of the developments that have given English a uniquely rich vocabulary, taking into account both the changing structure of the language and the historical events that shaped the language as a whole. Anyone who believes that changes in the language are robbing it of its elegance or expressive power will see this view challenged by the developments described here. At the core of the book are a set of several hundred vocabulary elements that English borrowed, directly or indirectly, over the past fifteen hundred years, from Latin and Greek.; These elements, introduced gradually chapter by chapter, provide a key to understanding the structure and meaning of much of the learned vocabulary of the language. The chapters trace the history and structure of English words from the sixth century onward, laying out the major influences that are still observable in our vocabulary today. Each chapter ends with a large number of exercises. These offer many different types of practice with the material in the text, making it possible to tailor the work to different sets of needs and interests. Upon finishing this textbook, students will be able to penetrate the structure of an enormous portion of the vocabulary of English, with or without the help of a dictionary, and to understand better how an individual word fits into the system of the language. This second edition incorporates improved and refined text as well as examples and exercises, with thorough revision of pedagogy as a result of their significant classroom-based expertise. The new edition also updates cultural references, accounts for variations in pronunciation among students, and clarifies when historical details are important or peripheral.

Author : Leonhard Lipka
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Lexicology
ISBN : 3823349953

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English Lexicology by Leonhard Lipka Pdf

Author : Sadia Belkhir
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027246882

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Proverbs within Cognitive Linguistics by Sadia Belkhir Pdf

The volume presents an innovative set of researches featuring theoretical and practical discussions of the proverb in cognition and culture. To date, there seems to be a need for state-of-the-art research into this subject matter. This volume aims at responding to this need. The chapters contribute, from a Cognitive Linguistics interdisciplinary perspective, to the existing body of literature on the proverb. The book begins with a first part containing three chapters concerned with theoretical discussions of proverbs in cognition and culture. The three chapters in the second part ponder proverbs within a cognitive-cross-cultural perspective. The third part of the volume includes three chapters that deal with the proverbs of individual languages and cultures. The three chapters in the fourth part study proverbs and/or related phenomena from a cognitive and cultural perspective: snowclones, idioms, and proverbial phrases. This book will be of interest to academics interested in proverbs within a cognitive linguistic framework and to scholars in the areas of language studies, applied linguistics, language teaching and learning, and Cognitive Linguistics in general, and to those researchers who wish to refine their knowledge about the cognitive activities featuring proverb use and their interaction with sociocultural contextual variables.

Author : Weina Fu,Shuai Liu,Jianhua Dai
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030843830

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e-Learning, e-Education, and Online Training by Weina Fu,Shuai Liu,Jianhua Dai Pdf

This 2-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on e-Learning, e-Education, and Online Training, eLEOT 2021, held in Xinxiang, China, in June 2021. The 104 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 218 submissions. The papers are structured into two subject areas: New Trends of Teaching: Evaluation, Reform and Practice, and Intelligent Learning and Education. They focus on most recent and innovative trends and new technologies of online education which grows quickly and becomes the educational trend today. The theme of eLEOT 2021 was “The Educational Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges brought by COVID-19”.