TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kay,Christian
AU  - Smith,J.J.
ED  - Symposium on Classification and Categorization
TI  - Categorization in the history of English
T2  - Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory
SN  - 9789027285409
AV  - PE1097 .C37 2004eb
U1  - 415 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Pub.
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammatical categories
KW  - Grammar, Historical
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Grammar & Punctuation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Syntax
KW  - fast
KW  - Grammatische Kategorie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Historische Sprachwissenschaft
KW  - Engels
KW  - gtt
KW  - Categorieën (taalkunde)
KW  - Categoriale grammatica
KW  - Englisch
KW  - swd
KW  - Kongress
KW  - Glasgow (1999)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The rhinoceros's problem : the need to categorize; Jean Aitchison --; Prototypes and foci in the encoding of colour; C.P. Biggam --; The notional structure of thesauruses; Andreas Fischer --; When ignorance is wisdom : some day-to-day problems of classification; Christian J. Kay --; CDs, petticoats, skirts, ankas, tamaras and sheilas : the metonymical rise of lexical categories related to the conceptual category FEMALE HUMAN BEING; Grzegorz A. Kleparski --; The archaeology of medieval texts; Margaret Laing and Keith Williamson --; Texts as linguistic objects; Roger Lass --; ANGER in Polish and English : a semantic comparison with some historical context; Agnieszka Mikołajczuk --; Folk classification in the HTE "plants" category; Cerwyss O'Hare --; The vocabulary of PAIN; Hans Peters --; Classifying the vowels of Middle English; Jeremy J. Smith --; Categories and taxonomies : a cognitive approach to lexicographical resources; Louise Sylvester
N2  - The papers in this volume are linked by a common concern, which is at the centre of current linguistic enquiry: how do we classify and categorize linguistic data, and how does this process add to our understanding of linguistic change? The scene is set by Aitchison's paper on the development of linguistic categorization over the past few decades, followed by Biggam's critical overview of theoretical developments in colour semantics. Lexical classification in action is discussed in papers by Fischer, Kay and Sylvester on the structures of thesauruses, while detailed treatments of particular sem
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