ENGLISH

Lessons on the Noun Phrase in English: From Representation to Reference

By Walter Hirtle

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780773576438
DOI
10.1515/9780773576438
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1530779 bytes)
Pages
464\420
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 18:33:38

Description

While ordinary speakers - and some linguists - assume we have a mental dictionary stocked with words ready for use, Walter Hirtle shows that this view leads to contradictions. Focusing on the English noun with its modifiers and determiners, he proposes a radically different approach, arguing that a word's meaning is formed from formative elements each time we use it.

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