Words and Meanings
Subtitle: Lexical Semantics Across Domains, Languages, and Cultures
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 28, 2014
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780199668434
Description: "In a series of cross-cultural investigations of word meaning, Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka examine key expressions from different domains of the lexicon - concrete, abstract, physical, sensory, emotional, and social. They focus on complex and culturally important words in a range of languages that includes English, Russian, Polish, French, Warlpiri and Malay."--Publishers website
Notes: Source title: Words and Meanings: Lexical Semantics Across Domains, Languages, and Cultures