Colour studies : a broad spectrum / / edited by Wendy Anderson, University of Glasgow [and three others]
| Colour studies : a broad spectrum / / edited by Wendy Anderson, University of Glasgow [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401.43 |
| Soggetto topico |
Color
Colors, Words for Language and culture Color - Psychological aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-272-6919-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Colour Studies; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Section I. Prehistoric colour semantics; Prehistoric colour semantics: A contradiction in terms; 1. Introduction ; 2. Lexical form ; 3. Semantic content ; 4. Core concepts and core vocabulary ; 5. The evolutionary sequence ; 6. Cognates ; 7. The situation so far ; 8. Prototypes ; 9. Archaeology and colour prototypes ; 10. Anthropology and colour concepts ; 11. Art and colour terms ; 12. The earliest recorded Indo-European colour terms ; 13. Conclusion ; References
Section II. Colour and linguisticsPreface to Section II; Towards a historical and cultural atlas of colour terms in the Near East; 1. Introduction ; 2. Brightness versus hue ; 3. The data ; 4. The grue (green+blue) category in contemporary Aramaic ; 5. Conclusion ; References ; The evolution of GRUE: Evidence for a new colour term in the language of the Himba; 1. Introduction ; 2. Experiment 1: colour list task ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Method ; 2.3 Results ; 2.4 Discussion ; 3. Experiment 2: colour naming task ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Method ; 3.3 Results ; 3.4 Discussion 4. General discussion Acknowledgements ; References ; Linguistic categorization of blue in Standard Italian; 1. Background and objectives ; 2. Methodology ; 3. A description of the subjects ; 4. Results and discussion ; 4.1 The list and colour-naming tasks ; 4.2 Free-sorting and best-example tasks ; 4.3 Collocation-association task and reference to objects ; 5. Discussion ; Acknowledgements ; References ; From blood to worms: The semantic evolution of a Portuguese colour term; 1. Introduction ; 2. Portuguese roxo and vermelho ; 3. Evidence and timeline of semantic change 4. Processes of change 4.1 The internal process ; 4.2 The external processes (Iberian dyeing trade) ; 5. Conclusion ; References ; The motivational analysis of some Finnic colour terms; 1. Introduction ; 2. Ruskea ; 3. Raudjas ; 4. Lepp ; 5. Leet ; 6. Paat ; 7. Conclusion ; References ; Her blue eyes are red: An idealized cognitive model of conceptual color metonymy in English; 1. Introduction ; 1.1 Activating metonymy for color conceptualization ; 1.2 Definition and discernment of conceptual metonymy ; 1.3 Phrasing and definition ; 1.4 Discernment of conceptual metonymy 1.5 Conceptual metonymy and image schemas 2. Past research on conceptual metonymy ; 3. Corpus-based analysis ; 3.1 Methodology ; 3.2 Results ; 4. Discussion of conceptual color metonymy ; 5. Conclusion ; Acknowledgements ; References ; The spread of red in the Historical Thesaurus of English; 1. Introduction ; 2. The problem of pink ; 3. The rise of red ; 3.1 The effect of pink on red ; 4. red and BCC sub-category size variance ; 5. The salience of red ; 5.1 Back to BCCs ; 6. Conclusion ; References ; A metaphorical spectrum: Surveying colour terms in English; 1. The ubiquity of colour terms 2. Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus |
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Colour studies : a broad spectrum / / edited by Wendy Anderson, University of Glasgow [and three others]
| Colour studies : a broad spectrum / / edited by Wendy Anderson, University of Glasgow [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401.43 |
| Soggetto topico |
Color
Colors, Words for Language and culture Color - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN | 90-272-6919-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Colour Studies; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Section I. Prehistoric colour semantics; Prehistoric colour semantics: A contradiction in terms; 1. Introduction ; 2. Lexical form ; 3. Semantic content ; 4. Core concepts and core vocabulary ; 5. The evolutionary sequence ; 6. Cognates ; 7. The situation so far ; 8. Prototypes ; 9. Archaeology and colour prototypes ; 10. Anthropology and colour concepts ; 11. Art and colour terms ; 12. The earliest recorded Indo-European colour terms ; 13. Conclusion ; References
Section II. Colour and linguisticsPreface to Section II; Towards a historical and cultural atlas of colour terms in the Near East; 1. Introduction ; 2. Brightness versus hue ; 3. The data ; 4. The grue (green+blue) category in contemporary Aramaic ; 5. Conclusion ; References ; The evolution of GRUE: Evidence for a new colour term in the language of the Himba; 1. Introduction ; 2. Experiment 1: colour list task ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Method ; 2.3 Results ; 2.4 Discussion ; 3. Experiment 2: colour naming task ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Method ; 3.3 Results ; 3.4 Discussion 4. General discussion Acknowledgements ; References ; Linguistic categorization of blue in Standard Italian; 1. Background and objectives ; 2. Methodology ; 3. A description of the subjects ; 4. Results and discussion ; 4.1 The list and colour-naming tasks ; 4.2 Free-sorting and best-example tasks ; 4.3 Collocation-association task and reference to objects ; 5. Discussion ; Acknowledgements ; References ; From blood to worms: The semantic evolution of a Portuguese colour term; 1. Introduction ; 2. Portuguese roxo and vermelho ; 3. Evidence and timeline of semantic change 4. Processes of change 4.1 The internal process ; 4.2 The external processes (Iberian dyeing trade) ; 5. Conclusion ; References ; The motivational analysis of some Finnic colour terms; 1. Introduction ; 2. Ruskea ; 3. Raudjas ; 4. Lepp ; 5. Leet ; 6. Paat ; 7. Conclusion ; References ; Her blue eyes are red: An idealized cognitive model of conceptual color metonymy in English; 1. Introduction ; 1.1 Activating metonymy for color conceptualization ; 1.2 Definition and discernment of conceptual metonymy ; 1.3 Phrasing and definition ; 1.4 Discernment of conceptual metonymy 1.5 Conceptual metonymy and image schemas 2. Past research on conceptual metonymy ; 3. Corpus-based analysis ; 3.1 Methodology ; 3.2 Results ; 4. Discussion of conceptual color metonymy ; 5. Conclusion ; Acknowledgements ; References ; The spread of red in the Historical Thesaurus of English; 1. Introduction ; 2. The problem of pink ; 3. The rise of red ; 3.1 The effect of pink on red ; 4. red and BCC sub-category size variance ; 5. The salience of red ; 5.1 Back to BCCs ; 6. Conclusion ; References ; A metaphorical spectrum: Surveying colour terms in English; 1. The ubiquity of colour terms 2. Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787129403321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Colour studies : a broad spectrum / / edited by Wendy Anderson, University of Glasgow [and three others]
| Colour studies : a broad spectrum / / edited by Wendy Anderson, University of Glasgow [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401.43 |
| Soggetto topico |
Color
Colors, Words for Language and culture Color - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN | 90-272-6919-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Colour Studies; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Section I. Prehistoric colour semantics; Prehistoric colour semantics: A contradiction in terms; 1. Introduction ; 2. Lexical form ; 3. Semantic content ; 4. Core concepts and core vocabulary ; 5. The evolutionary sequence ; 6. Cognates ; 7. The situation so far ; 8. Prototypes ; 9. Archaeology and colour prototypes ; 10. Anthropology and colour concepts ; 11. Art and colour terms ; 12. The earliest recorded Indo-European colour terms ; 13. Conclusion ; References
Section II. Colour and linguisticsPreface to Section II; Towards a historical and cultural atlas of colour terms in the Near East; 1. Introduction ; 2. Brightness versus hue ; 3. The data ; 4. The grue (green+blue) category in contemporary Aramaic ; 5. Conclusion ; References ; The evolution of GRUE: Evidence for a new colour term in the language of the Himba; 1. Introduction ; 2. Experiment 1: colour list task ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Method ; 2.3 Results ; 2.4 Discussion ; 3. Experiment 2: colour naming task ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Method ; 3.3 Results ; 3.4 Discussion 4. General discussion Acknowledgements ; References ; Linguistic categorization of blue in Standard Italian; 1. Background and objectives ; 2. Methodology ; 3. A description of the subjects ; 4. Results and discussion ; 4.1 The list and colour-naming tasks ; 4.2 Free-sorting and best-example tasks ; 4.3 Collocation-association task and reference to objects ; 5. Discussion ; Acknowledgements ; References ; From blood to worms: The semantic evolution of a Portuguese colour term; 1. Introduction ; 2. Portuguese roxo and vermelho ; 3. Evidence and timeline of semantic change 4. Processes of change 4.1 The internal process ; 4.2 The external processes (Iberian dyeing trade) ; 5. Conclusion ; References ; The motivational analysis of some Finnic colour terms; 1. Introduction ; 2. Ruskea ; 3. Raudjas ; 4. Lepp ; 5. Leet ; 6. Paat ; 7. Conclusion ; References ; Her blue eyes are red: An idealized cognitive model of conceptual color metonymy in English; 1. Introduction ; 1.1 Activating metonymy for color conceptualization ; 1.2 Definition and discernment of conceptual metonymy ; 1.3 Phrasing and definition ; 1.4 Discernment of conceptual metonymy 1.5 Conceptual metonymy and image schemas 2. Past research on conceptual metonymy ; 3. Corpus-based analysis ; 3.1 Methodology ; 3.2 Results ; 4. Discussion of conceptual color metonymy ; 5. Conclusion ; Acknowledgements ; References ; The spread of red in the Historical Thesaurus of English; 1. Introduction ; 2. The problem of pink ; 3. The rise of red ; 3.1 The effect of pink on red ; 4. red and BCC sub-category size variance ; 5. The salience of red ; 5.1 Back to BCCs ; 6. Conclusion ; References ; A metaphorical spectrum: Surveying colour terms in English; 1. The ubiquity of colour terms 2. Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus |
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lexis and transmission : selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21-26 August 2002 / / edited by Christian J. Kay, Carole Hough, Irene Wotherspoon
| Lexis and transmission : selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21-26 August 2002 / / edited by Christian J. Kay, Carole Hough, Irene Wotherspoon |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina | 427 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
HoughCarole
KayChristian WotherspoonIrene |
| Collana |
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory
New perspectives on English historical linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Grammar, Historical
English language - History |
| ISBN |
1-282-16040-0
9786612160400 90-272-9542-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS II -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Reference -- Chancery Standard -- References -- Cant and slang dictionaries -- References -- DOST -- References -- Image schemata and light -- References -- Loanword etymologies in the third edition of the OED -- References -- "Non olet" -- References -- Intrusive [h] in present-day English accents and (h)-insertion in medieval manuscripts -- References -- Mergers, near-mergers and phonological interpretation -- References -- New light on the verb "understand" -- References -- Homophones and the stabilization of orthography in nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century English -- References -- Kailyard, conservatism and Scots in the Statistical Accounts of Scotland -- References -- Sources -- A sociolinguistic approach to the Norse-derived words in the glosses to the Lindisfarne and Rushworth Gospels -- References -- Haplology in English adverb-formation -- References -- Uses of Scottish place-names as evidence in historical dictionaries -- References -- On the stressing of French loanwords in English -- References -- Like like love -- Abbreviations -- References -- Spirantisation and despirantisation -- References -- Subject index -- The Current Issues in Linguistic Theory series. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910965905903321 |
| Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mapping English metaphor through time / / Wendy Anderson, Ellen Bramwell, and Carole Hough [[electronic resource]]
| Mapping English metaphor through time / / Wendy Anderson, Ellen Bramwell, and Carole Hough [[electronic resource]] |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 420.143 |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Semantics
English language - Semantics, Historical Metaphor |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Conference papers and proceedings.
History |
| ISBN | 0-19-180582-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The pursuit of metaphors / Andrew Prescott -- The metaphorical landscape / Carole Hough -- Metaphorical beasts in the history of English / Judith Paterson -- Plants as metaphorical headgear in English / Carole P. Biggam -- Food as a fruitful source of metaphor / Christian Kay -- Morbid curiosity and metaphors of death in the history of English / Beth Ralston -- The metaphorical qualities of cool, clear and clashing colours / Rachael Hamilton -- Waves of excitement, waves of metaphor / Wendy Anderson -- Metaphors of religious anxiety in Early Modern England / Kenneth Austin -- Madness, sanity, and metaphor / Ellen Bramwell -- The importance of Old English head / Antonette diPaolo Healey -- The metaphorical understanding of power and authority / Marc Alexander -- The dehumanized thief / Fraser Dallachy -- Metaphors of weapons and armour through time / Daria Izdebska -- Silent reading / Jane Roberts -- The case of address terms / Irma Taavitsainen -- Appendix: Mapping metaphor categories. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157810403321 |
| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Power of Words : Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics. In Honour of Christian J. Kay / / edited by Graham D. Caie, Carole Hough, Irené Wotherspoon
| The Power of Words : Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics. In Honour of Christian J. Kay / / edited by Graham D. Caie, Carole Hough, Irené Wotherspoon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 423.028 |
| Collana | Costerus New Series |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Lexicography
Lexicology Semantics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
94-012-0372-5
1-4294-8093-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- C. P. BIGGAM: Old English colour lexemes used of textiles in Anglo-Saxon England -- Julie COLEMAN: Slang terms for money: a historical thesaurus -- Fiona DOUGLAS and John CORBETT: 'Huv a wee seat, hen': evaluative terms in Scots -- Philip DURKIN: Lexical splits and mergers: some difficult cases for the OED -- Andreas FISCHER: Of fæderan and eamas : avuncularity in Old English -- Roger LASS and Margaret LAING: a LAEME-based lexical study -- Caroline MACAFEE: The rhyme potential of Scots -- Terttu NEVALAINEN and Heli TISSARI: Of politeness and people -- Michiko OGURA: ME douten and dreden -- Jane ROBERTS: What did Anglo-Saxon seals seal when? -- Jeremy J. SMITH: Notes on the medical vocabulary of John Keats -- Jane STUART-SMITH and Claire TIMMINS: 'Tell her to shut her moof': the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian -- Louise SYLVESTER: Forces of change: are social and moral attitudes legible in this Historical Thesaurus classification? -- Irma TAAVITSAINEN: Key word in context: semantic and pragmatic meaning of humour -- James MCGONIGAL: Lexicographical Lyrics -- Notes on the Contributors -- Tabula Gratulatoria. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics. In Honour of Christian J. Kay |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451825203321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Power of Words : Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics. In Honour of Christian J. Kay / / edited by Graham D. Caie, Carole Hough, Irené Wotherspoon
| The Power of Words : Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics. In Honour of Christian J. Kay / / edited by Graham D. Caie, Carole Hough, Irené Wotherspoon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 423.028 |
| Collana | Costerus New Series |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Lexicography
Lexicology Semantics |
| ISBN |
94-012-0372-5
1-4294-8093-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- C. P. BIGGAM: Old English colour lexemes used of textiles in Anglo-Saxon England -- Julie COLEMAN: Slang terms for money: a historical thesaurus -- Fiona DOUGLAS and John CORBETT: 'Huv a wee seat, hen': evaluative terms in Scots -- Philip DURKIN: Lexical splits and mergers: some difficult cases for the OED -- Andreas FISCHER: Of fæderan and eamas : avuncularity in Old English -- Roger LASS and Margaret LAING: a LAEME-based lexical study -- Caroline MACAFEE: The rhyme potential of Scots -- Terttu NEVALAINEN and Heli TISSARI: Of politeness and people -- Michiko OGURA: ME douten and dreden -- Jane ROBERTS: What did Anglo-Saxon seals seal when? -- Jeremy J. SMITH: Notes on the medical vocabulary of John Keats -- Jane STUART-SMITH and Claire TIMMINS: 'Tell her to shut her moof': the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian -- Louise SYLVESTER: Forces of change: are social and moral attitudes legible in this Historical Thesaurus classification? -- Irma TAAVITSAINEN: Key word in context: semantic and pragmatic meaning of humour -- James MCGONIGAL: Lexicographical Lyrics -- Notes on the Contributors -- Tabula Gratulatoria. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics. In Honour of Christian J. Kay |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777683403321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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