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dc.contributor.authorGoddard, Cliff
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:56:41Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:56:41Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2012-04-03T23:13:15Z
dc.identifier.issn0726-8602
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07268600802516350
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/44225
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a semantic/conceptual analysis of the concepts of communication and language, as represented in the lexicon of everyday English. Section 1 gives a brief orientation to the method to be employed, the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach originated by Anna Wierzbicka. In the main body of the paper, I propose semantic explications for several senses of the English words communicate, communication and language, supporting these explications by reference to naturally occurring data, and, in the case of polysemy, by reference to distinctive grammatical or phraseological properties of the polysemic meanings. The paper closes with observations on how the differing semantics of the 'communication concept' and the 'language concept' may contribute to the differing orientations of linguistics and communication studies.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom11
dc.relation.ispartofpageto25
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Linguistics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume29
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLanguage, communication and culture
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode47
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode479999
dc.titleThe ‘Communication Concept’ and the ‘Language Concept’ in Everyday English
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGoddard, Cliff W.


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