An Introduction to Lexical Semantics: A Formal Approach to Word Meaning and Its Composition
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Taylor & Francis Group
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Milton
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2022
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Englisch
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Symbols -- Part I Preliminaries -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Lexical and Compositional Semantics -- 1.2 Defining Lexeme, Word and Meaning -- 1.2.1 Lexeme -- 1.2.2 Word -- 1.2.3 Meaning -- 1.3 Meaning-To-Form Perspective -- 1.3.1 Lexical Field Theory -- 1.3.2 Componential Analyses -- 1.3.3 Conceptual Semantics -- 1.3.4 Natural Semantic Metalanguage -- 1.3.5 Prototype Theory -- 1.3.6 Frame Semantics -- 1.4 Form-To-Meaning Perspective -- 1.4.1 Polysemy -- 1.4.2 Coercion -- 1.4.3 Metonymy -- 1.4.4 Metaphor -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- Practice -- Notes -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Logical Language -- 2.1.1 Propositional Calculus -- 2.1.2 Predicate Calculus -- 2.1.3 Lambda Calculus -- 2.2 Model Theory -- 2.2.1 Truth Relative to a Model -- 2.2.2 Intensional Models -- 2.3 Type Theory -- 2.3.1 Basic and Functional Types -- 2.3.2 Many-Sorted Types -- 2.4 Lexical Entailments -- 2.4.1 Grammatical Distributions of Words -- 2.4.2 Lexical Decomposition -- 2.4.3 Meaning Postulates -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- Practice -- Note -- Part II Verbs -- 3 Common Classifications of Verbs -- 3.1 Ingredients of Verb Semantics -- 3.1.1 Valency and Argument Order -- 3.1.2 Event Semantics -- 3.2 Thematic Roles -- 3.2.1 Major Theta-Roles -- 3.2.2 UTAH and the Thematic Hierarchy -- 3.2.3 Proto Roles -- 3.3 Aspectual Classes -- 3.3.1 Aktionsart -- 3.3.2 Operational Tests -- 3.4 Event Templatic Structure -- 3.4.1 Templates and Roots -- 3.4.2 Ontological Types of Roots -- 3.4.3 Consequences of the Bipartite View -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- Practice -- Notes -- 4 Types of Verbs -- 4.1 Many-Sorted Types in the Eventuality Domain -- 4.1.1 The Logic of Change -- 4.1.2 The Hierarchy of Many-Sorted Types in the Eventuality Domain.
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