This volume brings together seventeen previously published papers on lexical and semantic topics by one of the most influential authors in cognitive linguistic lexicology. Spanning the period from the late 1980s to recent years, the collection features a number of papers that may be considered classics within the field of cognitive linguistic lexicology.
The thematic sections of the collection successively deal with prototypicality as a theoretical and practical model of semantic description; polysemy and criteria for distinguishing between meanings; the semantics of idioms and constructions; cultural aspects of meaning; lexicography; and the history and methodology of lexical semantics. This broad spectrum of topics makes the book an excellent introduction to the field of lexicological and lexical semantic research at large.
