By Päivi Juvonen,Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm
ISBN-10: 3110377527
ISBN-13: 9783110377521
The quantity specializes in semantic shifts and motivation styles within the lexicon. Its key characteristic is its lexico-typological orientation, i.e. a heavy emphasis on systematic cross-linguistic comparability. The e-book provides present theoretical and methodological traits within the examine of semantic shifts and motivational patters according to an abundance of empirical findings throughout genetically, areally and typologically assorted languages.
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