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Gloomy Images of Yellow and Żółty in a Corpus-Based Cognitive Study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-03-11)
The outcomes confirm a conceptual proximity reflected in the semantics of these colour terms, which seems to be - perhaps surprisingly - incongruous with the popular association of yellow/żółty with the sun. As the evidence ...
A CONCEPT OF GENERAL MEANING: SELECTED THEORIES IN COMPARISON TO SELECTED SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC THEORIES
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-02-13)
The paper discusses a concept of general meaning with reference to various relevant semantic and pragmatic theories. It includes references to Slavic axiological semantics (e.g. Krzeszowski (1997); Puzynina (1992)), ...
(NON)-DETERMINING THE ORIGINAL SPEAKER: REPORTATIVE PARTICLES VERSUS VERBS
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-01-25)
This work argues that the Basque reportative particle omen contributes to the propositional contents of the utterance, and it is not an illocutionary force indicator, contrary to what seems to be suggested by the standard ...
SENTENCE ADVERBIALS AND EVIDENTIALITY
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-01-25)
The paper deals with expressions of evidence (originating in perception, inference or reported information) and their role in sentence/utterance pragmatic modification. It concentrates on the role of the so-called sentence ...
Morphological and Lexicosemantic Behaviour of Lexical Units “Golovnaya Bol', Migren', Tsefalgiya and Headache, Migraine, Cephalgia” in the Corpus Environment
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2021-12-30)
The paper deals with the morphological and lexicosemantic characteristics of lexical units golovnaya bol', migren', tsefalgiya and headache, migraine, cephalgia. The research focuses on collocations, word combinations and ...
Inclusion, Contrast and Polysemy in Dictionaries: The Relationship between Theory, Language Use and Lexicographic Practice
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-06-15)
This paper explores the lexicographic representation of a type of polysemy that arises when the meaning of one lexical item can either include or contrast with the meaning of another, as in the case of dog/bitch, shoe/boot, ...
Inter-Relations of Core Language, Pragmatic Language, and Social Competence in Preschoolers
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-06-24)
Language skills provide preschoolers with the foundational skills needed to socially interact, but little is known about the relationship between specific language skills and broad constructs of social competence. Sixteen ...
Elaboration sites and prepositional meaning construction in English and Polish
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-28)
Although prepositions are relational linguistic units of modest sizes, they can contribute a variety of different meanings to the constructions they are found in. The paper looks into the notion of e-site, which allows for ...