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Diachronic Studies in Lexicology, Affixation, Phonology
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1992; US$ 180.00The ten articles collected in this volume are an impressive indication of the range and depth of Malkiel's knowledge of diachronic processes in the Romance languages. In the author's experience, etymological studies of lexis frequently lead one into the areas of phonology and morphology, and the title of the book reflects these interrelationships.... more...
Zwischen Grammatik und Lexikon
De Gruyter 1998; US$ 133.00This volume assembles the papers presented at a German-Finnish colloquium on the relations between grammar and lexicon held at the University of Leipzig, March 5-7, 1997. The contributions take a closer look at some phenomena of German that either cannot be unequivocally assigned to grammar or lexicon, or else 'gravitate' between the two areas. Major... more...
The Structure of Lexical Variation
De Gruyter 1994; US$ 133.00The Structure of Lexical Variation : Meaning, Naming, and Context more...
Vocabulary
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95How do we teach and learn vocabulary? How do words work in literary texts? In this book, Ronald Carter provides the necessary basis for the further study of modern English vocabulary with particular reference to linguistic descriptive frameworks and educational contexts. Vocabulary: Applied Linguistic Perspectives includes an introductory account... more...
Advances in Generative Lexicon Theory
Springer 2012; US$ 139.99This collection of papers takes linguists to the leading edge of techniques in generative lexicon theory, the linguistic composition methodology that arose from the imperative to provide a compositional semantics for the contextual modifications in meaning that emerge in real linguistic usage. Today's growing shift towards distributed compositional... more...
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Lexical Blending
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00The volume brings together a well-selected collection of twelve articles providing a comprehensive and very informative summary of contemporary work on lexical blending. It combines theoretically informed descriptions of a variety of languages and a number of contributions with a theoretically original focus. It is the first book of its kind on the... more...
Vocabulary
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 51.95This new edition builds upon these foundations and develops further understanding of a key area of applied linguistics, with updated chapters on: * vocabulary and language teaching * dictionaries and lexicography * the literary study of vocabulary. It also includes new material on: * the relationship between vocabulary, grammar and discourse * the... more...
Lexical Priming
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 54.95Lexical Priming proposes a radical new theory of the lexicon, which amounts to a completely new theory of language based on how words are used in the real world. Here they are not confined to the definitions given to them in dictionaries but instead interact with other words in common patterns of use. Using concrete statistical evidence from... more...
The Mental Lexicon
BRILL 2007; US$ 79.95Understanding human language ability and general human cognition more...









