Colouring meaning : collocation and connotation in figurative language /
Philip, Gill.
Colouring meaning : collocation and connotation in figurative language / Gill Philip. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) - Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 43 . - Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 43. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and indexes.
Colouring Meaning; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; dedication page; Table of contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1. A search for meanings; 2. Idioms and idiomaticity; 3. Co(n)text and meaning; 4. Words in usual collocations; 5. Phrases in context; 6. Variation, metaphor and semantic association; 7. Punning, word play and other linguistic special effects; 8. Words and meanings; References; Appendix; Author index; Examples index; Subject index; The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics.
Primarily focused on idioms and other figurative phraseology, Colouring Meaning describes how the meanings of established phrases are enhanced, refocused and modified in everyday language use. Unlike many studies of creativity in language, this book-length survey addresses the matter at several levels, from the purely linguistic level of collocation, through its abstractions in colligation and semantic preference, to semantic prosody and connotation. This journey through both linguistic and cognitive levels involves the examination of habitual language and its exploitations, both mundane and c.
English.
9789027287236 (electronic bk.) 9027287236 (electronic bk.) 9786613006578 6613006572 128300657X 9781283006576
9786613006578
300657 MIL
Phraseology.
Semantics.
Semantics
Phraséologie.
Sémantique.
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Semantics.
Phraseology.
Semantics.
Electronic books.
P326.5.P45 / P465 2011eb
401/.43
Colouring meaning : collocation and connotation in figurative language / Gill Philip. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) - Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 43 . - Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 43. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and indexes.
Colouring Meaning; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; dedication page; Table of contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1. A search for meanings; 2. Idioms and idiomaticity; 3. Co(n)text and meaning; 4. Words in usual collocations; 5. Phrases in context; 6. Variation, metaphor and semantic association; 7. Punning, word play and other linguistic special effects; 8. Words and meanings; References; Appendix; Author index; Examples index; Subject index; The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics.
Primarily focused on idioms and other figurative phraseology, Colouring Meaning describes how the meanings of established phrases are enhanced, refocused and modified in everyday language use. Unlike many studies of creativity in language, this book-length survey addresses the matter at several levels, from the purely linguistic level of collocation, through its abstractions in colligation and semantic preference, to semantic prosody and connotation. This journey through both linguistic and cognitive levels involves the examination of habitual language and its exploitations, both mundane and c.
English.
9789027287236 (electronic bk.) 9027287236 (electronic bk.) 9786613006578 6613006572 128300657X 9781283006576
9786613006578
300657 MIL
Phraseology.
Semantics.
Semantics
Phraséologie.
Sémantique.
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Semantics.
Phraseology.
Semantics.
Electronic books.
P326.5.P45 / P465 2011eb
401/.43