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Variable types for meaning assembly: a logical syntax for generic noun phrases introduced by most [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper proposes a way to compute the meanings associated with sentences with generic noun phrases corresponding to the generalized quantifier most. We call these generics specimens and they resemble stereotypes or prototypes in lexical semantics. The
Retoré, Christian
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Pragmatics in language change and lexical creativity [PDF]

open access: yesSpringerPlus, 2016
This essay examines language change and linguistic creativity as revealed by remodelling, especially as a source for euphemisms and euphemistic dysphemisms and as a function of verbal play. Within the scope of this essay, there are predominantly two ways in which novel terms and expressions are created leading to language change: formally through ...
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The difference between Lexical Pragmatics and Lexical- Semantics

open access: yesHalabja University Journal, 2020
   هذا البحث الّذي يحمل عُنوان (الفرق بين التَّداوليَّة المُعجميَّة وعلم الدّلالة المُعجميّ) مُحاولة لوصف التَّداوليَّة المعجميَّة مُتعلّقةً بتغيير المعنى، مع توضيح الفرضيَّة المعجميَّة، هذا من ناحية، ومن ناحية أخرى حُدِّد خط الاختلاف بين علم الدّلالة المعجميّ والتَّداوليَّة المعجميَّة.
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Forms of encoded pragmatic meaning: semantic prosody. A lexicographic perspective.

open access: yesLingue e Linguaggi, 2014
– The present paper focuses on ways in which the pragmatic (functional) meaning that arises from various contextual features, known in corpus linguistics as semantic prosody (Sinclair 1996, 2004; Louw 1993, etc.) can become an integral part of ...
Mojca Šorli
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LIKE IN SIMILES – A RELEVANCE-THEORETIC VIEW [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The paper examines the meaning of like as used in similes in the light of relevance theory. Similes, even though superficially indistinguishable from literal comparisons, are found to be closer to metaphors. Therefore, it is proposed that like in similes
Andersen   +64 more
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A critical reappraisal of the carotid sinus and carotid bulb: Distinguishing neurohistological function from vascular geometry

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
This review redefines the carotid bulb (CB) as a variable geometric dilation shaped by hemodynamics and the carotid sinus (CS) as a conserved neurohistological baroreceptor field. Distinguishing these entities clarifies a century of anatomical confusion and links geometry, neurohistology, and clinical interpretation within a unified framework ...
Răzvan Costin Tudose   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguocultural Specifics of Artificial Intelligence Representation in the English Language Media Discourse: Corpus-Based Approach

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2023
The article deals with the discursive construction of artificial intelligence (AI) in the English-language media discourse. Corpus methods establish semantic, figurative-perceptual and axiological specificity in the media representation of AI in various
Larisa A. Kochetova
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Lexical Pragmatics and the nature of word meaning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Estudio de los procesos de ajuste léxico de extensión y especificación aplicados al significado de las palabras, examinando los usos que los hablantes hacen de las mismas que abarcan un continuo desde los más literales a los más metafóricos.Este artículo
Eizaga Rebollar, Bárbara
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There is a method to the madness, and a madness to the method: A beginner's guide to qualitative research

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Qualitative research is increasingly engaged in anatomical sciences education research. However, many in the discipline are not formally trained in qualitative methodology and—like other research methods—qualitative methods are continually developed and enhanced.
Angelique N. Dueñas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a relevance-theoretic approach to the diminutive morpheme

open access: yesRussian Journal of Linguistics, 2020
This paper intends to lay the foundations for a relevance-theoretic approach to the diminutive morpheme. In many languages, this morpheme is attached to nouns, adjectives, adverbs or verbs.
Manuel Padilla Cruz
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