English ‘Joyful’ Vocabulary – Semantic Developments

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: Semantic Fields and Diachrony
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Jost Trier: the cradle of field theory
• 1.3 Post-Trier enthusiasts of semantic fields
• 1.3.1 From Weisgerber to Coseriu
• 1.3.2 Porzig’s intrinsic meaning relations
• 1.3.3 Mot-témoin vs. mot-clé
• 1.3.4 The field structure of life
• 1.4 Later trends in field theory
• 1.4.1 The nature of field boundaries
• 1.4.2 The issue of membership in a semantic field
• 1.4.3 In search of the centre of a semantic field
• 1.4.4 Do lexical gaps exist?
• 1.4.5 The systematisation of field terminology
• 1.5 The diachronic study of meaning: the notion of semantic change
• 1.5.1 Semantic change: typologies
• 1.5.2 Semantic change: causes and conditions
• 1.5.3 Semantic change: laws and mechanisms
• 1.5.4 Lexical relations in the context of diachronic semantic change
• 1.5.5 Diachronic semantic changes within semantic fields
• 1.6 Conclusion
• Chapter 2: Cognitive Linguistics and Panchrony
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 The major characteristics of cognitive linguistics
• 2.3 Cognitive Grammar
• 2.3.1 Cognitive Grammar as a functionalist approach to language
• 2.3.2 Meaning as conceptualisation
• 2.3.3 The symbolic alternative
• 2.3.4 Embodiment
• 2.3.5 The interactionist view
• 2.3.6 The localist view
• 2.4 The methodology of cognitive linguistics: basic concepts
• 2.4.1 Categorisation
• 2.4.2 Cognitive domains
• 2.4.3 Motivated organisation of domains
• 2.4.4 Construal
• 2.4.4.1 Specificity and schematicity
• 2.4.4.2 Focusing
• 2.4.4.3 Prominence
• 2.5 From diachrony to panchrony
• 2.6 Panchrony as a functional equivalent to diachrony
• 2.7 Conclusion
• Chapter 3: Panchrony and English ‘Joy’ Vocabulary
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 The concept of ‘joy’ as an emotion
• 3.3 English ‘joy’ vocabulary: a historical semantic analysis
• 3.3.1 Bliss
• 3.3.2 Cheer
• 3.3.3 Delight
• 3.3.4 Dream
• 3.3.5 Game
• 3.3.6 Gladness
• 3.3.7 Glee
• 3.3.8 Joy
• 3.3.9 Mirth
• 3.4 The evolution of the English ‘joy’ vocabulary: the results
• 3.5 Conclusion
• Conclusions
• References
• Index