Linguistic Profiles

By Julia Kuznetsova

The monograph investigates the relationship between form and meaning in different domains and centers on a group of methods referred to as "linguistic profiles" that have been developed recently by researchers at the University of Troms . These methods are based on the observation that there is a strong correlation between semantic and distributional properties of linguistic units. This book discusses grammatical, semantic, constructional, collostructional and diachronic profiles.

Linguistic profiles as a group of methods are based on recent developments in the area of cognitive and functional linguistics: 1) form in language always has a relation to meaning, 2) a categorical approach to language is replaced with an understanding of language as a gradient phenomenon, which is investigated via statistics, 3) grammar is seen as a usage-based phenomenon.
Throughout the book we see that each of the profiles determines a correlation between certain forms and certain meanings. By studying the distribution of different forms we can uncover the semantic restrictions standing behind them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110355531
• ISBN13: 9783110355536
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"