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Title: Meaning in Language – From Individual to Collective

Meaning in Language – From Individual to Collective

by Mihaela Matesic (Volume editor) Anita Memišević (Volume editor)
©2023 Edited Collection 140 Pages
Linguistics
Series: Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, Volume 38

Summary

Meaning lies at the very heart of the development of language. Therefore, it is not surprising that the linguists have long been fascinated by the study of meaning, from the early days of the discipline to the present. Over time, the approach to meaning has evolved, shifting from structuralist analyses of linguistic signs to a focus on the combinatory potential of grammatical structures. Currently, the dominant cognitive-semantics approach examines meaning in relation to concepts and the abilities of the human brain. One of the most intriguing questions throughout the history of semantics has been the relationship between an individual and the linguistic community within the framework of the wider sign-meaning relation. This essential but insufficiently explored relationship was the central topic of the 33rd International Conference of the Croatian Applied Linguistics Society.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the editors
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Diminutive Morphemes: Towards a Relevance-Theoretic Approach (Manuel Padilla Cruz)
  • Complex Concepts as Determinators of Prepositional Meaning: The Case of Italian Spatial Prepositions (Saša Bjelobaba)
  • Is a Human’s Bark Worse Than His Bite? Animal Sounds in Croatian Verbs of Speaking (Anita Memišević and Mihaela Matešić)
  • From Here to Eternity: Mapping the Radial Categories of Static Spatial Demonstratives in Croatian (Saša Kresojević)
  • ‘Ovaj’ is Not ‘onaj’ but Might Be ‘taj’: A Usage-Based Analysis of Croatian Demonstrative Pronouns (Marija Brala-Vukanović and Anita Memišević)
  • Tolkien’s Toponyms in the Original and the Croatian Translation (Danijela Huljenić and Željka Macan)
  • What it Takes to Successfully Implement English-Medium Instruction: A Case Study (Branka Drljača Margić and Elisa Velčić Janjetić)
  • Series index

Details

Pages
140
Publication Year
2023
ISBN (PDF)
9783631907160
ISBN (ePUB)
9783631907177
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631906910
DOI
10.3726/b21122
Language
English
Publication date
2023 (August)
Keywords
Meaning Semantics Language Morphemes Prepositions Demonstratives Verbs of speaking English-medium instruction Meaning in Language – From Individual to Collective Anita Memišević Mihaela Matešić
Published
Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2023. 140 pp., 12 fig. b/w, 3 tables.
Product Safety
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Biographical notes

Mihaela Matesic (Volume editor) Anita Memišević (Volume editor)

Anita Memiševic´ is an associate professor at the English Department of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Rijeka, Croatia. Her research interests include semantics of verbs and verbal prefixes, bilingualism, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, neurolinguistics and translation. She has published and presented a number of papers in Croatia and abroad and has authored a book on the grammar of the English language. She has also co-edited three books of proceedings. Mihaela Matešic´ is an associate professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Rijeka, Croatia. Her research interests include phonology, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and cognitive linguistics. As a main researcher or a member of a research team, she has contributed to various scientific projects at the national, international and university levels. She is an author and co-editor of several books, as well as an author and co-author of many scientific papers published in Croatia and abroad.

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