In this book, Vyvyan Evans builds a framework for the understanding and analysis of meaning that is at once descriptively adequate and psychologically plausible. In so doing he also addresses current issues in lexical semantics and semantic compositionality, polysemy, figurative language, and the semantics of time and space.

Part I Introduction 1. Words and Meaning 2. Towards a New Account of Word Meaning 3. Cognitive Linguistics 4. Word Meaning in LCCM Theory Part II Lexical Representation 5. Symbolic Units 6. Semantic Structure 7. Lexical Concepts 8. Polysemy 9. Conceptual Structure 10. Cognitive Models Part III Compositional Semantics 11. Lexical Concept Selection 12. Lexical Concept Integration 13. Interpretation Part IV Figurative Language and Thought 14. Metaphor and Metonymy 15. The Semantics of Time Part V Conclusions 16. LCCM Theory in Context References Index

Vyvyan Evans , Bangor University