Diachronic Semantics

Editor

Dirk Geeraerts | Free University of Brussels

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ISBN 9789027226655 (Eur) | EUR 68.00

ISBN 9781588111364 (USA) | USD 102.00

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| EUR 58.00

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 4 October 2013

Table of Contents

Introduction Dirk Geeraerts	7–8
Metaphorical Divergences in the Evolution of Dutch and Afrikaans René Dirven †	9–34
The Prepositions WITH, MID and AGAIN(ST) in Old and Middle English: A case-study of historical lexical semantics Xavier Dekeyser	35–48
Homonymy, Iconicity, and Prototypicality Dirk Geeraerts	49–74
Transfer and Prototypicality in Animal and Plant Names Bruno Callebaut	75–86
Pronominal Verbs in Old and Modern French, or How prototypes can be restructured on the basis of permanent meaning effects Ludo Melis	87–108
Translation as a Witness to Semantic Change Willy van Hoecke and Michèle Goyens	109–131
The Role of Semantics in the Development of Historical Linguistics in France Piet Desmet	133–158
Abstracts - Resumes - Samenvattingen	159–165

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