This study represents a contribution to the theory of meaning in natural language. It proposes a semantic theory containing a set of regular relational principles. These principles enable semantic theory to describe connections from the lexical reading of a word to its figurative contextual reading, from one variant reading of a polysemous lexical item to another, from the idiomatic to its literal reading or to the literal reading(s) of one or more of its component lexical items. Semiotic theory provides a foundation by supplying principles defining motivated expression-content relations for signs generally. The author argues that regular semantic relational principles must dervive from such semiotic principles, to ensures the psychological reality and generality of the semantic principles.
| ISBN: | 9789027235138 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1981 |
| Author: | Neal R Norrick |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 266 pages |
| Series: | Current Issues in Linguistic Theory |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics |
This study represents a contribution to the theory of meaning in natural language. It proposes a semantic theory containing a set of regular relational principles. These principles enable semantic theory to describe connections from the lexical reading of a word to its figurative contextual reading, from one variant reading of a polysemous lexical item to another, from the idiomatic to its literal reading or to the literal reading(s) of one or more of its component lexical items. Semiotic theory provides a foundation by supplying principles defining motivated expression-content relations for signs generally. The author argues that regular semantic relational principles must dervive from such semiotic principles, to ensures the psychological reality and generality of the semantic principles.
Semiotic Principles in Semantic Theory features in the following genres: Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
Semiotic Principles in Semantic Theory is available in Hardback
Semiotic Principles in Semantic Theory was written by Neal R Norrick and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Semiotic Principles in Semantic Theory has 266 pages
Yes it is part of Current Issues in Linguistic Theory series