Sweetser, Eve.

From etymology to pragmatics : metaphorical and cultural aspects of semantic structure / Metaphorical and cultural aspects of semantic structure. by Eve Sweetser. - Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 1990. - xi, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge Studies in Linguistics ; 54. .

Includes bibliographical references : (p. 159-167) and indexes.

Introduction--Semantic structure and semantic change : English perception-verbs in an Indo-European context--Modality--Conjunction, coordination and subordination--Conditionals--Retrospect and prospect.

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Semantics.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Modality (Linguistics).