Preface & Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface & Acknowledgments vii
4. Chapter 1. Objectives and key concepts 1
5. Chapter 2. Cognitive onomasiology and cognitive typology of motion encoding 17
6. Chapter 3. Latin and Romance verb biographies 25
7. Chapter 4. Patterns of onomasiological continuity and change from Latin to Romance 53
8. Chapter 5. Cognitive semasiology and conceptual metaphor theory 89
9. Chapter 6. Semantic continuity and loss from Latin to Romance 101
10. Chapter 7. Romance innovative semantic developments 149
11. Chapter 8. Implications for the cognitive typology of motion encoding 169
12. Chapter 9. Implications for the conceptual metaphor theory 191
13. Chapter 10. Conclusions 199
14. References 209
15. Index of languages and language families 255
16. Index of subjects and terms 257