LINGUIST List 26.3993

Wed Sep 09 2015

Books: Linguistic Profiles: Kuznetsova

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Date: 07-Sep-2015
From: Linda Steglich <linda.steglichdegruyter.com>
Subject: Linguistic Profiles: Kuznetsova
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Title: Linguistic Profiles
Subtitle: Going from Form to Meaning via Statistics
Series Title: Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] 53

Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
http://www.degruyter.com/mouton


Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/428969?format=G


Author: Julia Kuznetsova

Electronic: ISBN: 9783110393484 Pages: 246 Price: Europe EURO 99.95
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110355536 Pages: 246 Price: Europe EURO 99.95


Abstract:

The monograph investigates the relationship between form and meaning in different domains and centers on a group of methods referred to as “linguistic profiles” that have been developed recently by researchers at the University of Tromsø. These methods are based on the observation that there is a strong correlation between semantic and distributional properties of linguistic units. This book discusses grammatical, semantic, constructional, collostructional and diachronic profiles.

Linguistic profiles as a group of methods are based on recent developments in the area of cognitive and functional linguistics: 1) form in language always has a relation to meaning, 2) a categorical approach to language is replaced with an understanding of language as a gradient phenomenon, which is investigated via statistics, 3) grammar is seen as a usage-based phenomenon.

Throughout the book we see that each of the profiles determines a correlation between certain forms and certain meanings. By studying the distribution of different forms we can uncover the semantic restrictions standing behind them.



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
Historical Linguistics
Linguistic Theories
Semantics
Syntax


Written In: English (eng)

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