Lessons on the Noun Phrase in English: From Representation to Reference

ISBN-13: 9780773536043 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 464 str.

Walter Hirtle

Opis

While ordinary speakers - and some linguists - assume we have a mental dictionary stocked with words ready for use, Walter Hirtle shows that this view leads to contradictions. Focusing on the English noun with its modifiers and determiners, he argues that a word's meaning is formed from formative elements each time we use it.