Competition of synonyms through time: Conceptual and social salience factors and their interrelations
This paper highlights three theoretical and descriptive insights into synonymy and lexical variation and change: (1) the diachronic development of synonymous forms reveals essential aspects about the nature and motivations of synonymy; (2) the emergence and competition of synonymous forms can either...
Saved in:
Main Author: | Augusto Soares da Silva |
---|---|
Format: | article |
Language: | CA EN |
Published: |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2015
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/9ecbf4ea78e6415592e98a99083beb81 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Meaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization
by: Alicia Urquidi
Published: (2015) -
La reconstruction de quelques mots pour mortier en domaine Bantou
by: Annelies Bulkens
Published: (1999) -
Motion in Tswana and its characteristic lexicalization
by: Ronald P. Schaefer
Published: (1985) -
Sub-saharan cultural extension in Brazil the relevance of lexical data
by: John T. Schneider
Published: (1985) -
Lexicalizing directional and nondirectional motion in Emai
by: Ronald P. Schaefer
Published: (1986)