How Words Mean: Lexical Concepts, Cognitive Models, and Meaning Construction by

Description: How Words Mean by Vyvyan Evans In this book, Vyvyan Evans builds a framework for the understanding and analysis of meaning that is at once descriptively adequate and psychologically plausible. In so doing he also addresses current issues in lexical semantics and semantic compositionality, polysemy, figurative language, and the semantics of time and space. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How Words Mean introduces a new approach to the role of words and other linguistic units in the construction of meaning. It does so by addressing the interaction between non-linguistic concepts and the meanings encoded in language. It develops an account of how words are understood when we produce and hear language in situated contexts of use. It proposes two theoretical constructs, the lexical concept and the cognitive model. These are central to theaccounts of lexical representation and meaning construction developed, giving rise to the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Cognitive Models (or LCCM Theory). Vyvyan Evans integrates and advancesrecent developments in cognitive science, particularly in cognitive linguistics and cognitive psychology. He builds a framework for the understanding and analysis of meaning that is at once descriptively adequate and psychologically plausible. In so doing he also addresses current issues in lexical semantics and semantic compositionality, polysemy, figurative language, and the semantics of time and space, and writes in a way that will be accessible to students of linguistics and cognitivescience at advanced undergraduate level and above. Author Biography Vyvyan Evans is Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University. He was previously Professor of Cognitive Linguistics at the University of Brighton and has also taught at the University of Sussex, Georgetown University, and the University of Florida. His published work includes A Glossary of Cognitive Linguistics (2007); with Benjamin Bergen and Jörg Zinken The Cognitive Linguistics Reader (2007); with Melanie Green, Cognitive Linguistics:An Introduction (2006); The Structure of Time: Language, Meaning and Temporal Cognition (2004); with Andrea Tyler, The Semantics of English Prepositions (2003); and articles in numerous venues including Journal of Linguistics,Cognitive Linguistics, and Language. Table of Contents Part I Introduction1: Words and Meaning2: Towards a New Account of Word Meaning3: Cognitive Linguistics4: Word Meaning in LCCM TheoryPart II Lexical Representation5: Symbolic Units6: Semantic Structure7: Lexical Concepts8: Polysemy9: Conceptual Structure10: Cognitive ModelsPart III Compositional Semantics11: Lexical Concept Selection12: Lexical Concept Integration13: InterpretationPart IV Figurative Language and Thought14: Metaphor and Metonymy15: The Semantics of TimePart V Conclusions16: LCCM Theory in ContextReferencesIndex Review An inspiring contemporary account of semantic and cognitive issues that is worth reading. * LinguistList * Promotional Presents a revised theory of the role of words in language understanding Long Description How Words Mean introduces a new approach to the role of words and other linguistic units in the construction of meaning. It does so by addressing the interaction between non-linguistic concepts and the meanings encoded in language. It develops an account of how words are understood when we produce and hear language in situated contexts of use. It proposes two theoretical constructs, the lexical concept and the cognitive model. These are central to theaccounts of lexical representation and meaning construction developed, giving rise to the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Cognitive Models (or LCCM Theory). Vyvyan Evans integrates and advances recent developments in cognitive science, particularly in cognitive linguistics and cognitivepsychology. He builds a framework for the understanding and analysis of meaning that is at once descriptively adequate and psychologically plausible. In so doing he also addresses current issues in lexical semantics and semantic compositionality, polysemy, figurative language, and the semantics of time and space, and writes in a way that will be accessible to students of linguistics and cognitive science at advanced undergraduate level and above. Review Quote "An inspiring contemporary account of semantic and cognitive issues that is worth reading."--Linguist List Feature Presents a revised theory of the role of words in language understandingAddresses the status of contemporary theories of grammar and meaningProvides up-to-date coverage of important areas of semantic structureAccessible to students as well as experts in linguistics and cognitive science Details ISBN0199234671 Author Vyvyan Evans Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2009 ISBN-10 0199234671 ISBN-13 9780199234677 Format Paperback Publication Date 2009-09-10 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle Lexical Concepts, Cognitive Models, and Meaning Construction Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 415 Media Book Short Title HOW WORDS MEAN Language English Pages 400 Series Oxford Linguistics Affiliation Bangor University UK Release Date 2009-09-10 AU Release Date 2009-09-10 NZ Release Date 2009-09-10 Illustrations Numerous Figures, Tables Alternative 9780199234660 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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