Semantic extension, subjectification, and verbalization
By: Mika Shindo.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780761843276
Subjects: Semantics; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjective
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-278) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theoretical framework; title: Semantic extensions of sensory adjectives to abstract domains : a synchronic perspective; title: Gradual processes of semantic extensions : a diachronic perspective; title: Tendencies inducible from chronological data : a cognitive perspective; title: Conclusion.