Historical dictionary definitions revisited from a prototype theoretical standpoint

Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-22

  Molina, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Historical lexicology and lexicography; Oxford English Dictionary; Prototype theory; Semasiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149481374     PISSN: 15720268     EISSN: 15720276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/arcl.6.02mol     Document Type: Article

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