A Contrastive Semantic and Phraseological Analysis of the HEAD-related Lexical Items in Diachronic Perspective

Table of Contents: Preface ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF Typographic Conventions   Table of Language Name Abbreviations   Table of other Abbreviations   INTRODUCTION   CHAPTER 1: TOWARDS A PANORAMA OF Historical SEMANTICS WITH DUE REFERENCE TO THE RZESZÓW SCHOOL OF DIACHRONIC SEMANTICS 1.1. Introducing the Scope of Diachronic Semantics 1.2. Foundations of Diachronic Semantics with Focus on the Main Paths in the Study of Semantic Change at the Close of the 19th Century and at the Beginning of the 20th Century 1.3. The Giants of Diachronic Semantics: Stern’s (1931) and Ullmann’s (1957) Research 1.4. The Contribution of Structuralism and Generative-Transformational Grammar to the Study of Semantic Change   CHAPTER 2: COGNITIVE AWAKENING AND THE RISE OF THE RZESZÓW SCHOOL OF DIACHRONIC SEMANTICS 2.1. The Close of the 20th Century: Historical Semantics is Back 2.2. Topographing the Rzeszów School of Diachronic Semantics 2.3. Studies in Metaphor 2.4. RSDS Research on Metonymy   CHAPTER 3: TOWARDS THE HISTORICAL SEMANTIC EVOLUTION OF LEXICAL ITEMS RELATED TO THE CONCEPTUAL CATEGORY HEAD 3.1. Introducing the Scope of Analysis 3.2. Semantic Development and Phraseology of Eye 3.3. Semantic Development and Phraseology of Cheek 3.4. Semantic Development and Phraseology of Nose 3.5. Semantic Development and Phraseology of Chin 3.6. Semantic Development and Phraseology of Ear 3.7. Semantic Development and Phraseology of Lip 3.8. Semantic Development and Phraseology of Mouth 3.9. Semantic Development and Phraseology of Face   CONCLUSIONS  REFERENCES