This book discusses the nature and definition of what a word is in Linguistics. This is not an easy task since the term subsumes a wide range of phenomena explored from an even wider array of perspectives. Although words are the most accessible linguistic units from the speaker's introspection viewpoint, they are, at the same time, an incredibly elusive reality for the linguist. Issues such as their definition, theoretical status, limits, characteristics, and psycholinguistic reality are still controversial and open for debate.This book offers an up-to-date overview of the latest discussions...
This book discusses the nature and definition of what a word is in Linguistics. This is not an easy task since the term subsumes a wide range of pheno...
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Talmy's lexicalization patterns and Slobin's Thinking for Speaking hypothesis have attracted a lot of attention in fields such as linguistics, psychology, and anthropology, among others. While researchers might not agree on how, or to what extent, lexicalization patterns influence speakers' online/offline verbalization of motion, it is an undeniable fact that these theories have been, and still are, a trending topic in these research areas, evidenced by the contributions to this book. All papers brought together here use Talmy's and Slobin's ideas as a point of departure to explore how second...
Talmy's lexicalization patterns and Slobin's Thinking for Speaking hypothesis have attracted a lot of attention in fields such as linguistics, psychol...