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and Approaches Ingrid Lossius Falkum & Agustin Vicente 1. Preliminaries Polysemy is usually …

Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

Polysemy is the type of lexical ambiguity where a word has multiple distinct but related
interpretations. In the past decade, it has been the subject of a great many studies across …

Humans live in a perceptual world. All of humanity's accomplishments, from agriculture to
space travel, depend on us being able to interact with the world through seeing, feeling …

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 …

Ronald W. Langacker created an approach to linguistics called Cognitive Grammar, which is
essentially a system of symbols that can be used to organize and analyze how semantics …

Cognitive Linguistics argues that language is governed by general cognitive principles,
rather than by a special-purpose language module. This introductory textbook surveys the …

A general introduction to the area of theoretical linguistics known as cognitive linguistics, this
textbook provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field, including recent …

This book provides a readable and clearly articulated introduction to an important area in the
broader field of Cognitive Linguistics. Taking as its starting point the categorization of colour …

A comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan
Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall …