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| Title | Polysemy or generality? Mu |
| Author/s | Jordan Zlatev |
| Department/s |
Linguistics and Phonetics
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| Full-text | Full text is not available in this archive |
| Publication/Series | Cognitive Approaches to Lexical Semantics |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Pages | 447 - 494 |
| Document type | Book chapter |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Mouton de Gruyter |
| Status | published |
| Editor | Hubert Cuyckens, René Dirven, John R. Taylor |
| Abstract English | This chapter proposes a conception of lexical meaning as use-potential, in contrast to prevailing atomistic and reificational views. The issues are illustrated on the example of spatial expressions, pre-eminently prepositions. It is argued that the dichotomy between polysemy and semantic generality is a false one, with expressions occupying points on a continuum from full homonymy to full monosemy, and with typical cases of polysemy falling in between. The notion of use-potential is explored in connectionist models of spatial categorization. Some possible objections to the use-potential approach are also addressed. |
| Subject |
Languages and Literatures |
| Keywords | creativity, connectionist modeling, epigenesis, hermeneutics, meaning-holism, monosemy, polysemy, semantic generality, situatedness, spatial expressions, use-potential |
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ISBN: 3-11-017709-9 |
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