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Inclusion, Contrast and Polysemy in Dictionaries: The Relationship between Theory, Language Use and Lexicographic Practice [PDF]
, 2014 This paper explores the lexicographic representation of a type of polysemy that arises when the meaning of one lexical item can either include or contrast with the meaning of another, as in the case of dog/bitch, shoe/boot, finger/thumb and animal/bird ...
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A Lexicographic Approach to the Study of Copolysemy Relations
Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN, 2018 The notion of lexical polysemy is considered under very different angles depending on the context in which it is called on, e.g. in theoretical lexicology, practical lexicography or so-called cognitive approaches to the lexicon.
Alain Polguère
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Polysemy and brevity versus frequency in language [PDF]
, 2019 The pioneering research of G. K. Zipf on the relationship between word frequency and other word features led to the formulation of various linguistic laws. The most popular is Zipf's law for word frequencies.
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On some problems of meaning - polysemy between sense enumeration and core meaning paradigms [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2014 Polysemy is a semantic phenomenon which occurs when one lexical item has more meanings which can be seen as related to each other. It is to be distinguished from the other extreme pole of ambiguity, homonymy, which occurs when two or more ...
Dobrić Nikola
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Psychology in Russia: State of Art, 2017 Background. The problem of polysemy has attracted scholars’ attention since antiquity and interest in the phenomenon never lessens. A substantial number of works have been published on the cognitive nature of meaning ambiguity. Despite a new emphasis on
Zabotkina V. I., Boyarskaya E. L.
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Studies in Polish Linguistics, 2022 This two-part paper bridges insights from psycholinguistics and from theoretical and computational lexicography to develop a fine-grained classification of polysemy organized along a wider spectrum of
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EchoGéo, 2013 Resilience is a fashionable buzzword. But the polysemy of the concept may weaken his relevance. This paper aims at demonstrating two points. First, this polysemy is obviously linked with a multidisciplinary construction.
Magali Reghezza-Zitt
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Polysemy Versus Homonymy [PDF]
, 2020 Polysemy and homonymy are traditionally described in the context of paradigmatic lexical relations. Unlike monosemy, in which one meaning is associated with one form, and unlike synonymy, in which one meaning is associated with several forms, in polysemy and homonymy several meanings are associated with one form.
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Synonymy and Polysemy in Legal Terminology and Their Applications to Bilingual and Bijural Translation [PDF]
, 2011 The paper focuses on synonymy and polysemy in the language of law in English-speaking countries. The introductory part briefly outlines the process of legal translation and tackle the specificity of bijural translation. Then, traditional understanding of
Chromá, Marta
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What can polysemy tell us about theories of explanation? [PDF]
, 2016 Philosophical accounts of scientific explanation are broadly divided into ontic and epistemic views. This paper explores the idea that the lexical ambiguity of the verb to explain and its nominalisation supports an ontic conception of explanation.
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