Completed PhD theses from CHIL

Here is a list of the recently completed PhD dissertations from the CHIL research unit. Some of the theses can be downloaded as a single pdf-file.

In chronological order:

[1997] Kurt Feyaerts, Die Bedeutung der Metonymie als konzeptuellen Strukturprinzips: eine kognitiv-semantische Analyse deutscher Dummheitsausdrücke ('The role of metonymy as a conceptual structuring principle: a cognitive-semantic analysis of German stupidity expressions'). Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven

[2005] Paul Sambre, Emergence et conceptualisation de la définition naturelle: une étude de cas sur Internet en néerlandais et en français ('Emergence and conceptualization of natural definitions: a case-study on the concept of 'internet' in Dutch and French'). Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven. Download as [pdf].

[2006] Jeroen Vandaele, Estados de gracia: trasvases entre la semántica franquista y la poética de Billy Wilder (1946-1975) ('Play and punishment: transfers between Francoism and Billy Wilder's poetics (1946-1975)'). Department of Literature, University of Leuven.

[2007] Geert Brône, Bedeutungskonstitution in verbalem Humor. Ein kognitiv-linguistischer und diskurssemantischer Ansatz ('Meaning construction in verbal humor. A cognitive-linguistic and discourse-semantic approach'). Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven. Download as [pdf].