Colouring meaning [[electronic resource] ] : collocation and connotation in figurative language / / Gill Philip |
Autore | Philip Gill |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Co., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 401/.43 |
Collana | Studies in corpus linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
Phraseology
Semantics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-00657-X
9786613006578 90-272-8723-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458986303321 |
Philip Gill | ||
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Co., 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Colouring meaning [[electronic resource] ] : collocation and connotation in figurative language / / Gill Philip |
Autore | Philip Gill |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Co., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 401/.43 |
Collana | Studies in corpus linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
Phraseology
Semantics |
ISBN |
1-283-00657-X
9786613006578 90-272-8723-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791880203321 |
Philip Gill | ||
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Co., 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Colouring meaning : collocation and connotation in figurative language / / Gill Philip |
Autore | Philip Gill |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Co., 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 401/.43 |
Collana | Studies in corpus linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
Phraseology
Semantics |
ISBN |
1-283-00657-X
9786613006578 90-272-8723-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Colouring Meaning -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- dedication page -- Table of contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. A search for meanings -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Meanings and words -- 1.3 Words, collocations, phrases -- 1.4 Meaning in the mind -- 1.5 Meanings in use -- 1.6 Navigating variation -- 2. Idioms and idiomaticity -- 2.1 What is an idiom? -- 2.2 Idioms and collocations -- 2.3 A search for meaning(s) in idioms and metaphorical collocations -- 2.4 Into the wide blue yonder -- 3. Co(n)text and meaning -- 3.1 The idiom principle -- 3.2 Extended units of meaning -- 3.3 Collocation -- 3.4 Grammatical and lexical abstractions -- 3.5 Secondary semantics -- 3.6 Semantic prosody (i), a.k.a. semantic association -- 3.7 Semantic prosody (ii): Discourse and pragmatic functions -- 3.8 Idioms and the idiom principle -- 4. Words in usual collocations -- 4.1 Meanings that come out in the wash -- 4.2 From origin to use -- 4.3 Caught red-handed -- 4.4 Once in a blue moon -- 4.5 Passando la notte in bianco -- 4.6 Salient meaning, phraseology and delexicalisation -- 4.7 Out of the frying pan… -- 5. Phrases in context -- 5.1 Variation inside the unit of meaning -- 5.2 Colligational preference and modification -- 5.3 Semantic preference and re-metaphorisation -- 5.4 Relexicalisation -- 5.5 Metaphor and re-metaphorisation -- 5.6 Semantic preference, variation, and "imageable" idioms -- 5.7 Toeing the line -- 6. Variation, metaphor and semantic association -- 6.1 Don't count your chickens… -- 6.2 Variation of key constituents -- 6.3 Variation of hue: Emphatic nuances in the expression of emotion -- 6.4 Variation of tone: Ameliorative and pejorative nuances -- 6.5 Variation of saturation: Emphasis and defocusing -- 6.6 Culturally constructed colour scales -- 6.7 Pandora's box.
7. Punning, word play and other linguistic special effects -- 7.1 Optimal innovation -- 7.2 Changes to the canonical form -- 7.3 Expansion, addition and combination -- 7.4 Canonical forms in non-canonical cotext -- 7.5 More on seeing red/blue/green… -- 7.6 The grass is always greener… -- 7.7 The effects of variation -- 8. Words and meanings -- 8.1 A few words about meaning -- 8.2 Meaning what you say vs. saying what you mean -- 8.3 Meanings in words -- 8.4 Famous last words -- References -- Appendix -- Author index -- Examples index -- Subject index -- The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818039303321 |
Philip Gill | ||
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Co., 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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