How words mean
Subtitle: lexical concepts, cognitive models, and meaning construction
By: by Vyvyan Evans.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780199234660; 9780199234677
Subjects: Semantics; Cognitive grammar
Description: "How Words Mean introduces a new approach to the role of words and other linguistic units in the construction of meaning. It does so by addressing the interaction between non-linguistic concepts and the meanings encoded in language. It develops an account of how words are understood when we produce and hear language in situated contexts of use. It proposes two theoretical constructs, the lexical concept and the cognitive model. These are central to the accounts of lexical representation and meaning construction developed, giving rise to the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Cognitive Models (or LCCM Theory)."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.