Vimala Herman
Biographic Data
| ID | 742306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vimala Herman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vimala |
| FAMILY NAME | Herman |
| SIGNATURE | HERMAN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Polysemy
About fifty years ago, Stephen Ullmann wrote that polysemy is 'the pivot of semantic analysis'. Fifty years on, polysemy has become one of the hottest topics in linguistics and in the cognitive sciences at large. The book deals with the topic from a wide variety of viewpoints. The cognitive approach is supplemented and supported by diachronic, psycholinguistic, developmental, comparative, and computational perspectives. The chapters, written by s…
Dramatic Discourse
Introduction 1. The Ethnography of Speaking 2. Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis 3. Turn Sequencing 4. Pragmatics 5. Gender and Language
Deixis and space in drama
This article seeks to explore some of the functions of deixis in the delineation of space in drama. The dramatic text addresses a context of performance and, therefore, space depiction is generally regarded as within the province of theatre since the transformation of the hare boards of the stage into other spaces and places calls forth the skills of scenographers, lighting experts, etc. Verbal depictions of space are seen to be best employed in …
Dramatic dialogue and the systematics of turn-taking
Negativity and Language in the Religious Poetry of R. S. Thomas
Thus spoke a young man to a vicar in H. G. Wells' novel Babes in the Darkling Wood, and if we substitute Welsh peasants, barren moors and cold country churches for the sacrificial lambs, serpents, and fig-leaves, the could probably be hurled with equal truth at R. S. Thomas by the reader. What strikes one most powerfully about Thomas as priest-poet is the seeming absence of a creed, or a fundamental statement of apparent unbelief which conflicts …
Dramatic dialogue and the systematics of turn-taking
Deixis and space in drama
This article seeks to explore some of the functions of deixis in the delineation of space in drama. The dramatic text addresses a context of performance and, therefore, space depiction is generally regarded as within the province of theatre since the transformation of the hare boards of the stage into other spaces and places calls forth the skills of scenographers, lighting experts, etc. Verbal depictions of space are seen to be best employed in …
Negativity and Language in the Religious Poetry of R. S. Thomas
Thus spoke a young man to a vicar in H. G. Wells' novel Babes in the Darkling Wood, and if we substitute Welsh peasants, barren moors and cold country churches for the sacrificial lambs, serpents, and fig-leaves, the could probably be hurled with equal truth at R. S. Thomas by the reader. What strikes one most powerfully about Thomas as priest-poet is the seeming absence of a creed, or a fundamental statement of apparent unbelief which conflicts …
Dramatic dialogue and the systematics of turn-taking
Deixis and space in drama
This article seeks to explore some of the functions of deixis in the delineation of space in drama. The dramatic text addresses a context of performance and, therefore, space depiction is generally regarded as within the province of theatre since the transformation of the hare boards of the stage into other spaces and places calls forth the skills of scenographers, lighting experts, etc. Verbal depictions of space are seen to be best employed in …
Dramatic Discourse
Introduction 1. The Ethnography of Speaking 2. Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis 3. Turn Sequencing 4. Pragmatics 5. Gender and Language
Polysemy
About fifty years ago, Stephen Ullmann wrote that polysemy is 'the pivot of semantic analysis'. Fifty years on, polysemy has become one of the hottest topics in linguistics and in the cognitive sciences at large. The book deals with the topic from a wide variety of viewpoints. The cognitive approach is supplemented and supported by diachronic, psycholinguistic, developmental, comparative, and computational perspectives. The chapters, written by s…
Philosophy (5 works) · Communication (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Conversation (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)