Regular polysemy in Spanish nouns: corpus analysis and some implications for lexicography
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Irene Renau
Abstract
In this study, we present some problems that may emerge when analysing regular polysemy in corpus data. Regular polysemy is a very common phenomenon in the lexicon of many languages. However, standard dictionaries do not represent regular polysemy in a systematic way and often lack internal or external coherence. A corpus perspective may add some empirical foundation for theory and insights for lexicographic representation. We describe a corpus study of Spanish nouns holding regular polysemy patterns, describe the protocol for the analysis and offer some preliminary results. In addition, we offer some orientations for the representation of regular polysemy in dictionaries, addressing “the inclusion problem” (how to include regular polysemy patterns in the entry) and “the organisation problem” (how to structure and connect these patterns).
Abstract
In this study, we present some problems that may emerge when analysing regular polysemy in corpus data. Regular polysemy is a very common phenomenon in the lexicon of many languages. However, standard dictionaries do not represent regular polysemy in a systematic way and often lack internal or external coherence. A corpus perspective may add some empirical foundation for theory and insights for lexicographic representation. We describe a corpus study of Spanish nouns holding regular polysemy patterns, describe the protocol for the analysis and offer some preliminary results. In addition, we offer some orientations for the representation of regular polysemy in dictionaries, addressing “the inclusion problem” (how to include regular polysemy patterns in the entry) and “the organisation problem” (how to structure and connect these patterns).
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Patterns of meaning in lexicography and lexicology 1
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Section 1: Lexicographical issues: The phraseological dimension of language in learner’s lexicography and the PhraseBase project
- Introduction to the PhraseBase project 15
- A theory for a usage-based cognitive lexicography 19
- Exploring BERT’s contextualized word embeddings: a suitable method for a lexicography-oriented analysis of argument structures? 91
- Towards a phrase-based active dictionary 111
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Section 2: Theoretical issues
- Verb senses and argument semantics: From linguistic theory to lexicographic practice 119
- Valency vs. Patterns: What do corpora tell us about argument structure? 139
- Layer upon layer, mistake after mistake – a case for learner’s dictionaries? 159
- Patterns of meanings between syntax and lexicon. a lexicological and lexicographic overview of italian partially lexically specified constructions 181
- A carry-coals-to-Newcastle exercise: The nature of phraseological units and their place in a constructicon of english 207
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Section 3: Methodological issues
- Language awareness as a prerequisite for a successful use of lexicographic resources 239
- Regular polysemy in Spanish nouns: corpus analysis and some implications for lexicography 257
- No word is an island: The phraseological nature of lemma in interlingual comparison 277
- Analysing, compiling, and representing argument pattern structures: From form to meaning and back 297
- Index 317
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Patterns of meaning in lexicography and lexicology 1
-
Section 1: Lexicographical issues: The phraseological dimension of language in learner’s lexicography and the PhraseBase project
- Introduction to the PhraseBase project 15
- A theory for a usage-based cognitive lexicography 19
- Exploring BERT’s contextualized word embeddings: a suitable method for a lexicography-oriented analysis of argument structures? 91
- Towards a phrase-based active dictionary 111
-
Section 2: Theoretical issues
- Verb senses and argument semantics: From linguistic theory to lexicographic practice 119
- Valency vs. Patterns: What do corpora tell us about argument structure? 139
- Layer upon layer, mistake after mistake – a case for learner’s dictionaries? 159
- Patterns of meanings between syntax and lexicon. a lexicological and lexicographic overview of italian partially lexically specified constructions 181
- A carry-coals-to-Newcastle exercise: The nature of phraseological units and their place in a constructicon of english 207
-
Section 3: Methodological issues
- Language awareness as a prerequisite for a successful use of lexicographic resources 239
- Regular polysemy in Spanish nouns: corpus analysis and some implications for lexicography 257
- No word is an island: The phraseological nature of lemma in interlingual comparison 277
- Analysing, compiling, and representing argument pattern structures: From form to meaning and back 297
- Index 317
