How Long to Read Words and Other Wonders

How Long Does it Take to Read Words and Other Wonders?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 29 minutes to read Words and Other Wonders by Dirk Geeraerts

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Cognitive Linguistics has given a major impetus to the study of semantics and the lexicon. The present volume brings together seventeen previously published papers that testify to the fruitfulness of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of lexical and semantic topics. 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 papers are grouped in thematic sections. The first section deals with prototypicality as a theoretical and practical model of semantic description. The second section discusses polysemy and criteria for distinguishing between meanings. The third section tackles questions of meaning description beyond the level of words, on the level of idioms and constructions. The following section casts the net even wider, dealing with the cultural aspects of meaning. Moving away from the theoretical and descriptive perspective towards applied concerns, the fifth section looks at lexicography from the point of view of Cognitive Linguistics. The final section has a metatheoretical orientation: it discusses the history and methodology of lexical semantics. Each paper is preceded by a newly written introduction that situates the text against the period in which it was first published, but that also points to further developments, in the author's own research or in Cognitive Linguistics at large. The variety of topics dealt with make this book an excellent introduction to the broad field of lexicological and lexical semantic research.

How long is Words and Other Wonders?

Words and Other Wonders by Dirk Geeraerts is 503 pages long, and a total of 127,259 words.

This makes it 170% the length of the average book. It also has 156% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Words and Other Wonders Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 35 minutes to read Words and Other Wonders aloud.

What Reading Level is Words and Other Wonders?

Words and Other Wonders is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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