Conceptual Structure in Lexical Items: The lexicalisation of communication concepts in English, German and Dutch: 168 (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series) - Hardcover

Proost, Kristel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027254125 ISBN 13: 9789027254122

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2007

Synopsis

This volume deals with the occurrence of lexical gaps in the domain of linguistic action verbs. Though these constitute a considerable proportion of the verb inventory of many languages, not all concepts of verbal communication may be expressed by lexical items in any particular one of them. Introducing a conceptual system which allows gaps to be searched for systematically, this study shows which concepts of verbal communication are and which are not lexicalised in English, German and Dutch. The lexicalisation patterns observed shed light on the way in which verbal behaviour is conceptualised in a particular speech community. To complete the picture, the volume also addresses the question of whether communication concepts which may not be expressed by verbs may be lexicalised by fixed multiword expressions.

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Synopsis

Proost (philosophy, Institut f r Deutsch Sprach, Mannheim) concentrates on the occurrence of lexical gaps in the domain of linguistic action verbs. Although these gaps constitute a considerable proportion of the verbs in many languages, not all concepts of verbal communication can be expressed by lexical terms. Here Proost proposes a conceptual sys

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027254125
• ISBN 13: 9789027254122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320