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What type is it? Exploring the polysemy of tipo with contextualized embeddings
Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of AmericaAcross languages, nouns of scientific classification (e.g., type, species, kind) tend to acquire new meanings over time (Brems & Davidse 2010; Mihatsch et al. 2023; Kolyaseva & Kisiel 2023). This paper analyzes the polysemy of tipo ‘type’ in Spanish, which can have the original taxonomic meaning and new meanings like ad hoc categorization and ...
Caroline Amodeo Williams +1 more
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Lexical Syllabus in Elementary and Secondary Education: Construction and Implementation
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Nonnative language users operate with significantly limited vocabularies compared to native speakers, particularly when the language is learnt in school contexts. This paper demonstrates how empirical research on vocabulary learning combined with experience in teaching and curricula design has informed the principled construction of a lexical ...
Batia Laufer
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A curious case of culinary polysemy [PDF]
, 2020 The term maslo represents a curious case of polysemy in whose microcosm two civilizations seems to meet and collide, Northern and Southern Europe: two universes, butter and oil, silently facing and challenging each other for centuries .
Nicoletta Cabassi
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A determinação de sentidos lexicais no contexto
Cadernos de Estudos Lingüísticos, 2011 This article is an attempt to establish a link between types of anaphora with demonstrative pronouns and the way in which the determination of lexical meaning in context occurs.
Heronides Maurílio de Melo Moura
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The Hidden Hallyu Emerged: Exploring the Key Motives of Reading Adapted K‐Webtoons of South Korea
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate why global fans read Korean webtoons (K‐webtoons) and how their motivations vary across different genres. Previous studies have approached the Korean Wave (Hallyu) from a national perspective, emphasizing its influence and primarily discussing K‐pop and K‐drama.
Hoseok Gwak +3 more
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Ways of Semantic Derivation and Types of Relations between Meanings in Adjective Semantic Structure
Научный диалог, 2019 The polysemy of an adjective as a semantic and grammatical phenomenon is studied. The semantic structure of a polysemantic adjective and the character of motivational relations between its lexico-semantic variants are analyzed. The connection between the
M. V. Sandakova
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 116-136, March 2025.Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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The role of metonymy and polysemy in academic and popular science literature
CrossroadsMetonymy and polysemy in academic and popular science texts are useful linguistic phenomena that aid in interpreting complex specialised terms by capturing various meanings in scientific terminology.
Alla Gabidullina +4 more
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Aspects of Polysemy in Turkic and Mongolic Languages(Evidence from Kalmyk and Uighur Languages)
Oriental Studies, 2018 With evidence from Kalmyk and Uighur languages, the article discusses some features of polysemous lexical forms in the light of modern psycholinguistic approaches and aspects of cognitive linguistics.
Vladimir N. Mushaev +1 more
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Not Even Newton's Word: Authority and Resistance in the Royal Society Corpus1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This paper investigates the historical development of Isaac Newton's proposed distinction between mass and weight in the Principia Mathematica of 1687 and traces its fate in the scientific English of the Royal Society between 1700 and 1920.
Nina Haket
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