The Structure of Lexical Variation
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The Structure of Lexical Variation

Meaning, Naming, and Context

  1. 228 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Structure of Lexical Variation

Meaning, Naming, and Context

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Yes, you can access The Structure of Lexical Variation by Dirk Geeraerts,Stefan Grondelaers,Peter Bakema in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Linguistic Semantics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. 1. Varieties of variation
  2. 2. Methods and materials
  3. 2.1. Selected sources and database structure
  4. 2.2. Characteristics of the corpus
  5. 2.3. Points of methodology
  6. 3. Semasiological variation
  7. 3.1. Types of prototypicality
  8. 3.2. Non-discreteness of word meanings [1]: definability
  9. 3.3. Non-discreteness of word meanings [2]: uncertainty of membership status
  10. 3.4. Non-equality of word meanings: salience effects
  11. 3.5. The influence of contextual variation
  12. 4. Onomasiological variation
  13. 4.1. Non-discreteness in lexical fields: demarcation problems
  14. 4.2. Non-equality in lexical fields: entrenchment
  15. 4.3. The influence of contextual variation
  16. 5. Formal variation
  17. 5.1. The influence of prototypicality
  18. 5.2. The influence of entrenchment
  19. 5.3. The influence of contextual variation
  20. 6. Ten theses about lexicology
  21. References
  22. Index of subjects