The Impact of Various Conceptual Metaphors on Textual Coherence Compared to Formal Coherence Tools [PDF]
Conceptual metaphor is defined as the understanding of one conceptual domain in terms of another. This phenomenon is not purely lexical but is examined through the mapping of one domain onto another.
Mahsa Farhadi Roodbari +1 more
doaj +1 more source
Linguistic and cultural connotations of the lexeme BIRCH in Russian and the lexeme BAMBOO in Chinese [PDF]
The paper studies the historical and cultural associative meanings of the lexeme BIRCH in the Russian culture and the lexeme BAMBOO in Chinese by analyzing the results of the perception process of these objects, their concepts and images by native ...
Sun Yunuo
doaj +1 more source
Memory-Based Lexical Acquisition and Processing [PDF]
Current approaches to computational lexicology in language technology are knowledge-based (competence-oriented) and try to abstract away from specific formalisms, domains, and applications.
Daelemans, Walter
core +7 more sources
Dictionary Article as Text in Lexicology Instruction
The paper presents the possibilities of using dictionary articles from our descriptive monolingual dictionaries as texts for teaching lexicology at academic courses of teacher training faculties. The starting point of the paper is that literary texts are
Bojana Milosavljević
doaj +1 more source
Metaphor through the Lens of Clinical Medicine: The Case of Specialty-Specific Signs
The present paper aims at discussing certain metaphors which name diseases resembling specialty-specific signs manifested in different occupations. An attempt is made towards showcasing the cognitive value that metaphor entails when used in a clinical ...
Svetlana Margaryan, Alina Petrosyan
doaj +1 more source
Paleolinguistics brings more light on the earliest history of the traditional Eurasian pulse crops [PDF]
Traditional pulse crops such as pea, lentil, field bean, bitter vetch, chickpea and common vetch originate from Middle East, Mediterranean and Central Asia^1^.
Aleksandar Medovic +7 more
core +2 more sources
A Metaphoric Nexus of Terms in Neuroanatomy
This article offers an overview on the usage of technological metaphors in medicine, and in Neuroanatomy in particular. Exploring major technological metaphors surrounding human brain and nervous system, the paper aims at illustrating the cognitive ...
Alina Petrosyan
doaj +1 more source
Semantic Drift in Multilingual Representations
Multilingual representations have mostly been evaluated based on their performance on specific tasks. In this article, we look beyond engineering goals and analyze the relations between languages in computational representations.
Lisa Beinborn, Rochelle Choenni
doaj +1 more source
Reflexive Pronoun Deviations in Contemporary English Social Media
The paper discusses reflexive pronoun deviations in modern English in the domain of social media. The mentioned deviations are the result of intensive contact of English with other languages.
Gevorg Grigoryan
doaj +1 more source
XXXIX All-Russian Dialectological Meeting. Lexical Atlas of the Russian Folk Dialects – 2023
The chronicle is devoted to the conference “XXXIX All-Russian Dialectological Meeting «Lexical Atlas of the Russian Folk Dialects – 2023»” which annually takes place in Saint Petersburg and this time was held on January 30–31, 2023.
Tatiana Shalaeva
doaj +1 more source

