TY  - BOOK
AU  - Angelina Żyśko
PY  - 2015
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2365-8150
SN  - 9783653064476
TI  - English ‘Joyful’ Vocabulary – Semantic Developments
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-06447-6
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1049881
N2  - The book offers a novel exploration into the semantic development of English terms concerning the concept of ‘joy’ («bliss», «cheer», «delight», «dream», «game», «gladness», «glee», «joy», and «mirth»). The analysis, carried out within the framework of cognitive and historical linguistics, employs the notions of cognitive domains, profiling, and categorisation. The author adopts a panchronic perspective, according to which language reflects the way speakers experience the world. This allows her to provide a new insight into the intrinsic nature of semantic change.
KW  - Cognitive linguistics, Historical linguistics, Panchrony, Semantic field, Diachrony, Joy terminology
LA  - English
ER  -