Exploring language through contrast / edited by Waldemar Skrzypczak, Tomasz Fojt and Sławomir Wacewicz.

Includes bibliographical references.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART ONE; FRIEND OR FOE? ON SOME HORIZONTAL BONDS BETWEEN PHONOLOGICAL PRIMES; THE MANY FACES OF OLD ENGLISH I-UMLAUT; PART TWO; GRINDING; A COMPARISON OF APPROACHES TO DIMINUTIVE MEANING AND DIMINUTIVE FORMATION PROCESSES; THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SUFFIX-NESS ACROSS REGISTERS; THE MORPHO-SEMANTICS OF EXOCENTRIC SYNTHETIC COMPOUND NOUNS IN POLISH; PART THREE; SECONDARY PATTERNS OF USE WITH LOCATUM VERBS; THE ENGLISH NPN FORMS; THE BENEFITS OF SWEARING; PART FOUR.

THE POTENTIAL OF THE CONCEPTUAL INTEGRATION THEORY IN THE DESCRIPTION AND EXPLANATION OF SLIPS OF THE TONGUE PHENOMENATHE RELEVANCE OF THE JUXTAPOSITION OF MEANINGS IN PUNS; CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY AS AN ISOLATING MODEL; JUXTAPOSITION AND DIFFERENTIATION WITHIN THE METAPHORICAL SENSES IN OE FYR AND LEOHT CONCEPTS; PART FIVE; TRACING TABLOIDIZATION; PATIENTS, DOCTORS, DISEASES AND CASES; DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES IN THE MEDIA CONSTRUCTION OF POLAND, RUSSIA AND THE USA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEBATE ON THE US ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE SHIELD IN POLISH AND RUSSIAN QUALITY PAPERS.

PRAGMATIC ASPECTS OF THE SELF AS A COMMUNICATORDISCOURSE GOALS AND NORMS; PART SIX; STEPHEN FRY AND DAVID CRYSTAL; CONTRIBUTORS.

The volume portrays a panorama of recent linguistic research in Poland in terms of comparison and juxtaposition as driving forces in an attempt to grasp descriptive and explanatory aspects of linguistic use and organization. The spectrum of contributions spans all the levels of language. The constellation of methodological perspectives juxtaposes the generative theory and recent developments in cognitive linguistics, synchronic and diachronic perspectives, and a measure of freedom has also be ...

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