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The Diachrony of Verb Meaning

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The Diachrony of Verb Meaning

By Elly van Gelderen

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About the book

This innovative volume offers a comprehensive account of the study of language change in verb meaning in the history of the English language. Integrating both the author's previous body of work and new research, the book explores the complex dynamic between linguistic structures, morphosyntactic and semantics, and the conceptual domain of meaning, employing a consistent theoretical treatment for analyzing different classes of predicates. Building on this analysis, each chapter connects the impli...Show more

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ISBN

9781138747104

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

The Diachrony of Verb Meaning

Format

Hardcover

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