From Etymology to Pragmatics: Metaphorical and Cultural Aspects of Semantic Stucture

by Eve Sweetser

Book Overview

This book offers a distinct approach to the analysis of the multiple meanings of English modals, conjunctions, conditionals and perception verbs. Although such ambiguities cannot easily be accounted for by feature-analyses of word meaning, Eve Sweetser's argument shows that they can be analysed both readily and systematically. Meaning relationships in general cannot be understood independently of human cognitive structure, including the metaphorical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521424429
• ISBN13: 9780521424424
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"