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Regular polysemy of nouns in Vietnamese
This is a study of the phenomenon of regular polysemy of nouns in Vietnamese. It consists of four chapters. Chapter I is devoted to the discussion of the . Vietnamese classifier system, its 'basic construction' and variations, and types.
Nguyen, Thanh Chau
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The distinction between polysemy and homonymy on lexical ambiguity
The majority of words in the English language does not correspond to a single meaning, but rather correspond to two or more unrelated meanings (i.e., are homonymy) or multiple related senses (i.e., are polysemy).
Restu Resmiyati
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Type Theories and Lexical Networks: using Serious Games as the basis for Multi-Sorted Typed Systems
In this paper, we show how a rich lexico-semantic network which has been built using serious games, JeuxDeMots, can help us in grounding our semantic ontologies as well as different sorts of information in doing formal semantics using rich or modern type
Stergios Chatzikyriakidis +3 more
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The Grammar of Perception: A Case Study of Guambiano (Namtrik) and Duna
Abstract Although the senses provide a common basis for our experience of the world, cross‐linguistic research has revealed substantial diversity across languages in how perceptual experiences are encoded in words. Such variability is also present at the level of grammatical structure, though the project of charting the parameters and limits of cross ...
Elisabeth Norcliffe, Lila San Roque
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Beginning with an explanation of lexical ambiguity in general, this paper focuses on polysemy. First, it makes a clear distinction between homonymy and polysemy, the two main lexical ambiguity types, to later finish this first section supporting the ...
Remírez Balloqui, María
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The Real Reason You Cannot be Transracial
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Adam Hochman
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The Impact of English on Other Languages and Linguistic Justice
ABSTRACT This article explores the implications of English's role as a global lingua franca for other languages, with a particular focus on the transformations these languages undergo due to English influence. Such changes are most evident in the lexical domain, where they are typically examined under the framework of lexical borrowing or Anglicisms ...
Sabine Fiedler
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Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
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Seeking Attention: Economies, Modes, Ecologies
ABSTRACT Concerns about attention in the current era call for geographic approaches that contend with attention's important place in socio‐spatial life. To this end, this paper first notes that ‘economies’ have emerged as the most prevalent frame for geographic analyses of attention to date but warns that the dominance of such frameworks might close ...
George Burdon, Thomas Jellis
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