English Lexical Semantics: A Cognitive Linguistics Approach

＂Offering a cognitive approach to semantics, this highly accessible textbook place cognitive linguistics at the centre of lexical semantics while covering the field in a broader sense. It explains the fundamental concepts underlying the study of lexical semantics and defines them succinctly. Divided into three parts, the book introduces lexical semantics then explores earlier approaches to lexical meaning. Finally, the author considers cognitive processes and conceptual mappings. Each chapter includes chapter outlines and summaries, key takeaways, practice activities and further reading suggestions. This book offers a novel approach for producing and interpreting lexical items in English＂-- Provided by publisher.

Zeki Hamawand is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Kirkuk University, Iraq, and Senior Lecturer at Sulaimaniya University, Iraq.