From Etymology to Pragmatics: Metaphorical and Cultural Aspects of Semantic Stucture

by Eve Sweetser

Book Overview

This book offers a distinct approach to the analysis of the multiple meanings of English modals, conjunctions, conditionals and perception verbs. Although such ambiguities cannot easily be accounted... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521424429
• ISBN13: 9780521424424
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"