Colouring meaning : collocation and connotation in figurative language / Gill Philip.

By:

Philip, Gill

Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789027287236
9027287236
9786613006578
6613006572
128300657X
9781283006576

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Colouring meaning.DDC classification:

401/.43 22

LOC classification:

P326.5.P45 P465 2011eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and indexes.

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.