33.2806, Books: The Typology of Physical Qualities: Rakhilina, Reznikova, Ryzhova (eds.)

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:48:04
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: The Typology of Physical Qualities: Rakhilina, Reznikova, Ryzhova (eds.)

 


Title: The Typology of Physical Qualities 
Series Title: Typological Studies in Language   133  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.133 


Editor: Ekaterina Rakhilina
Editor: Tatiana Reznikova
Editor: Daria Ryzhova

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027257918 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027257918 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027257918 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027210920 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027210920 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027210920 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 111.30


Abstract:

What is it like? – This is often the first question we ask about any object,
and it is typically answered with adjectives: "old, smooth, pointed, narrow",
etc. Characteristics of things around us is a fundamental aspect of how we
conceptualize the physical world, regardless of when or where we live – and
regardless of our language. Despite this, the vocabulary of physical qualities
has received comparatively little attention in lexical typology: most research
so far has focused on verbs and the actions they express.

This volume presents a lexico-typological study of several domains of physical
qualities: ‘sharp’/‘blunt’, ‘wet’, ‘empty’/‘full’, ‘old’, as well as
dimensions temperature and surface texture. It discusses several theoretical
issues including intragenetic language sampling, the possibility of signed vs.
spoken language comparison at the lexicon level, and the potential of applying
computational models of distributional semantics to lexical typology.

The book will be of interest to linguists with a focus on typology, general
and lexical semantics, to lexicographers, and to language students and
teachers.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography
                     Semantics


Written In: English  (eng)

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