Meaning Extensions of Grasp: A Corpus-Based Study

By means of a lexico-semantic analysis, the aim of this paper is to provide a clearer picture of how the Eng­lish verb grasp is used in actual language production. The material for the analysis has been gathered from the 100 million word British National Corpus. The results of the study provide new...

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Main Author: Marie Nordlund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 2010-04-01
Series:Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/603