Structuring the Lexicon A Clustered Model for Near Synonymy 1st Edition by Dagmar Divjak ISBN 3110220598 9783110220599

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ISBN 10: 3110220598

ISBN 13: 9783110220599

Author: Dagmar Divjak 

Structuring the Lexicon: A Clustered Model for Near-Synonymy 1st Edition: 

Given that we lack sensory-motor experience for abstract concepts, how do we find out what they mean? How far can we get by tracking frequency distributions in input? The volume tackles the question of what language has to offer the language learner in his/her quest for meaning, and explicitly addresses how semantic knowledge may be distributed along the continuum from “grammar” to “lexicon”. Focus is on the synonymy of constructions and lexemes, a meaning relation that has been largely ignored in Western linguistics.

Frequency in all its guises plays a major part in this book. Approaching meaning from a usage-based perspective, a radically distributional approach to quantifying meaning is proposed that encompasses both the constructional and lexical level. Statistical data analysis, relatively new in the field of linguistics, yields a cognitively realistic, clustered model that encourages re-evaluating existing accounts of near-synonymy. Theoretical concepts spanning a range of cognitive linguistic frameworks, i.e. Cognitive Grammar, Radical Construction Grammar and Prototype Theory, account for the complexity of the data and lead to a re-appraisal of traditional semantic theory.

Built on a solid empirical foundation, this network account of synonymy at the constructional and lexical level enriches our understanding of established aspects of the cognitive model of language, serving as catalyst for their further development and refinement. The theoretically informed combination of descriptive accuracy and methodological innovation makes the book a worthwhile read for cognitive linguists and psycholinguists alike.

 

Structuring the Lexicon: A Clustered Model for Near-Synonymy 1st Edition Table of contents:

1. INTRODUCTION

• What is near-synonymy?
• Theoretical framework: basic concepts
• Methodology: a distribution-based approach
• Outline of this book

2. DEGREES OF EVENT INTEGRATION: DELINEATING GROUPS OF NEAR-SYNONYMS

• Are all [Vfin Vinf] structures created equal?
• Three parameters
• Degrees of verb integration: a binding scale for Russian
• Ways of intending: constructional frames for lexicographical portraits

3. CLUSTERING BEHAVIORAL PROFILES: STRUCTURING GROUPS OF NEAR-SYNONYMS

• Are all near-synonyms equally similar?
• Behavioral Profiles as a measure of similarity
• Clustering Behavioral Profiles
• An interim conclusion

4. WAYS OF TRYING: DESCRIBING SCALES OF VARIATION IN A RADIAL CATEGORY

• Prototype Theory
• Prototype Semantics
• A radial structure for the category try in Russian
• Prototype effects in a radial category
• Ways of trying: what language reveals about attempts

5. BEYOND BEHAVIORAL PROFILES

• Behavioral Profiles’ prediction accuracy
• How words contrive to and constrain constructions
• Intuitions or clusters?
• Clusters in the mind?
• By way of summary
• What does language have to offer the learner?

 

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