Wrestling with Words and Meanings: Essays in Honour of Keith Allan by Kate Burri

Description: Wrestling with Words and Meanings by Kate Burridge, Reka Benczes Honours life & career of Professor Allan, also commemorating the occasion of his 70th birthday. Brings together top-level researchers in linguistics -- colleagues, collaborators & former students, who have all been inspired by Keiths work in some way. Burridge at Monash. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book honours the life and career of Professor Allan, commemorating at the same time the occasion of his 70th birthday. It brings together top-level researchers in linguistics colleagues, collaborators, and former students, who have all been inspired by Keiths work in some way. These appropriately eclectic contributions are organised into the three main themes that run through Allans multifaceted and multifarious research: word meaning; pragmatics and discourse; and semantic theory and philosophy of language. The volume offers glimpses into corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics and cultural linguistics, as well as the more traditional descriptive, diachronic and typological perspectives. It is an outstanding collection in honour of an outstanding researcher. Author Biography Kate Burridge is Professor of Linguistics at Monash University. Her research interests include grammatical change in Germanic languages, the notion of linguistic taboo, and the structure and history of English. Her books include Forbidden Words (with Keith Allan, 2006), Introducing English Grammar (with Kersti Borjars, 2010) and Gift of the Gob: Morsels of English language history (2010). Reka Benczes is Assistant Professor at Eotvos Lorand University (Budapest, Hungary), and currently Visiting Scholar at Indiana University (Bloomington, USA). Her main fields of interest are cognitive semantics, linguistic creativity and compounding. Books include Creative Compounding in English (2006) and Kognitiv nyelveszet, an introduction to cognitive linguistics in Hungarian (2010, with Zoltan Kovecses). Long Description This book honours the life and career of Professor Allan, commemorating at the same time the occasion of his 70th birthday. It brings together top-level researchers in linguistics colleagues, collaborators, and former students, who have all been inspired by Keiths work in some way. These appropriately eclectic contributions are organised into the three main themes that run through Allans multifaceted and multifarious research: word meaning; pragmatics and discourse; and semantic theory and philosophy of language. The volume offers glimpses into corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics and cultural linguistics, as well as the more traditional descriptive, diachronic and typological perspectives. It is an outstanding collection in honour of an outstanding researcher. Details ISBN1922235318 Publisher Monash University Publishing Year 2014 ISBN-10 1922235318 ISBN-13 9781922235312 Format Paperback Imprint Monash University Publishing Subtitle Essays in Honour of Keith Allan Place of Publication Clayton, VIC Country of Publication Australia DEWEY 410 Author Reka Benczes Short Title WRESTLING W/WORDS & MEANINGS Language English Media Book Publication Date 2014-05-01 UK Release Date 2014-05-01 NZ Release Date 2014-05-01 Pages 448 Series Linguistics Series Audience General Illustrations Illustrations AU Release Date 2014-04-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:94400234;

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