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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453319903321

Autore

Halliday M. A. K (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), <1925->

Titolo

Lexicology : a short introduction / / M.A.K. Halliday and Colin Yallop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

9786613206213

1-4411-5054-4

1-283-20621-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Disciplina

401.4

Soggetti

Lexicology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 2004 as part of Lexicology and corpus linguistics"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-114) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of contents; Chapter 1 Lexicology; Chapter 2 Words and Meaning; Chapter 3 The Future of Lexicology; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This readable introductory textbook presents a concise survey of lexicology. The first section of the book is a survey of the study of words, providing students with an overview of basic issues in defining and understanding the word as a unit of language. This section also examines the history of lexicology, the evolution of dictionaries and recent developments in the field. The second section extends this study of lexicology into the relationship between words and meaning, etymology, prescription, language as social phenomenon and translation. ""Lexicology: A Short Introduction"" will be of i