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Publication details [#20458]
Karius, Ilse. 1988. Aspects of lexical categorization. In Geiger, Richard A. The problems of reference and the indeterminancy of `refer'. In : 85–96. : 344–354.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Annotation
The author examines two main aspects of lexical creativity which are based on the process of categorization: polysemy and compounding. These phenomena are analysed from the perspective of cognitive grammar, with evidence from child language acquisition.