14.3472, Books: General Ling/Semantics: Eckardt et al (eds)

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Date:  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:12:34 -0500 (EST)
From:  julia.ulrich at degruyter.com
Subject:  Words in Time: Eckardt et al (eds)

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Date:  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:12:34 -0500 (EST)
From:  julia.ulrich at degruyter.com
Subject:  Words in Time: Eckardt et al (eds)

Title: Words in Time
Subtitle: Diachronic Semantics from Different Points of View

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter http://www.mouton-publishers.com	

Editor: Regine Eckardt
Editor: Klaus von Heusinger, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Editor: Christoph Schwarze, University of Konstanz, Germany

Hardback: ISBN: 3110176750, Pages: viii, 415,
	  Price: Euro 98.00 / approx US$ 108.00

Abstract:

Meanings of words are constantly changing, and the forces driving this
changes are varied and diverse. Linguistic analyses are usually
concerned with language-internal processes, while investigations of
language-external historical developments tend to disregard linguistic
considerations. It is evident, however, that an investigation of
diachronic semantics will have to consider both sides: a specific
theory of meaning including a proper place for lexical semantics on
the one hand, and incorporate knowledge about the world and the social
and cultural environment of speakers who use language as a tool for
communication on the other.

The collection focuses on meaning change as a topic of
interdisciplinary research. Distinguished scholars in diachronic
semantics, general linguistics, classical philology, philosophy of
language, anthropology and history offer in depth studies of language
internal and external factors of meaning change. This broad range of
perspectives, unprecedented in research publications of recent years,
is a pioneering attempt to mirror the multi-facetted nature of
language as a formal, social, cognitive, cultural and historical
entity. The contributions, each exploring the research issues, methods
and techniques of their particular field, are directed towards a
broader audience of interested readers, thus enhancing
interdisciplinary exchange.

FROM THE CONTENTS:

Introduction: Historical linguistics as a transdisciplinary field of
research REGINE ECKARDT, KLAUS VON HEUSINGER, AND CHRISTOPH SCHWARZE

A. Changing believes, diversifying worlds, and flexible meanings

Words and concepts in time: Towards diachronic cognitive onomasiology
ANDREAS BLANK (deceased)

The semantic structure of lexical fields: Variation and change DAVID
KRONENFELD AND GABRIELLA RUNDBLAD

khalîfa - A word study
DAVID J. WASSERSTEIN

Words in discourse - On the diachronic lexical semantics of discours
JUDITH MEINSCHAEFER

B. The meaning of meaning change

Theoretical concepts in flux: Conceptual knowledge and theory change
HANS ROTT

Meaning change as character change
ULRIKE HAAS-SPOHN

Meaning change in conceptual Montague semantics
REGINE ECKARDT

C. The force of grammar

Tense in time: The Greek perfect
EVA-MARIA GERÖ- AND ARNIM VON STECHOW

Light verbs in Urdu and grammaticalization
MIRIAM BUTT AND WILHELM GEUDER

Bilingualism and linguistic inference in the Slavic-Romance contact
area of Molise (Southern Italy)
WALTER BREU

Lexical-grammatical variation and development: The use of conjunctions
as discourse markers in everyday spoken
German SUSANNE GÜNTHNER

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