by Dirk Geeraerts (Author)
Diachronic Prototype Semantics is concerned with the theory of explanation of changes in word meaning. The author demonstrates the explanatory value of the prototype model of meaning, in which the distinction between central and peripheral senses of a word is crucial.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 27 Mar 1997
ISBN 10: 0198236522
ISBN 13: 9780198236528