English M

metaphoric(al) meaning

Semantics

Semantics
  • ELL 2454-2455

    The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.

  • HAMP 1963 37 (= marginal meaning, transferred meaning)

    HAMP, Eric P. (1963) A Glossary of American Technical Linguistic Usage 1925-1950. Utrecht: Spectrum Publishers. 

  • LYONS 1977 103 (metaphorical sense)

    LYONS, John. (1977) Semantics. Vols. 1 & 2. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

  • WALES 1989 295 (metaphoric sense)

    WALES, Katie. (1989) A Dictionary of Stylistics. London: Longman. 

  • Pike, K. 1967 603

    PIKE, Kenneth L. (1967) Language in Relation to a Unified Theory of the Structure of Human Behavior, 2nd Ed. The Hague: Mouton.

  • SEARLE 1979 76-77

    SEARLE, John R. (1979) Expression & Meaning: Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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