Cognitive linguistics is one of the fastest growing and influential perspectives on the nature
of language, the mind, and their relationship with sociophysical (embodied) experience. It is …

This paper reviews the state-of-the-art of one emergent field in computational linguistics—
semantic change computation. It summarizes the literature by proposing a framework that …

Understanding how words change their meanings over time is key to models of language
and cultural evolution, but historical data on meaning is scarce, making theories hard to …

Recent years have witnessed a surge of publications aimed at tracing temporal changes in
lexical semantics using distributional methods, particularly prediction-based word …

Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale develop an approach to language change
based on construction grammar. Construction grammar is a theory of signs construed at the …

How and why do languages change? This new introduction offers a guide to the types of
change at all levels of linguistic structure, as well as the mechanisms behind each type …

Title description This book presents a complete method for the identification of metaphor in
language at the level of word use. It is based on extensive methodological and empirical …

Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful
exercises, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers …

Theories of Lexical Semantics offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of
word meaning research in linguistics. In spite of the growing importance of the lexicon in …

The study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science
and the humanities. We marvel at the creative dexterity of gifted speakers and writers for …