Edited by Lucy Pickering and Vyvyan Evans
[Human Cognitive Processing 64] 2018
► pp. 159–190
Chapter 7Conceptual vs. inter-lexical polysemy
An LCCM theory approach
In this chapter I consider two types of polysemy that have not received wide attention in the cognitive linguistics literature. First, I argue that polysemy can arise from the non-linguistic knowledge to which words facilitate access. This phenomenon I refer to as conceptual polysemy. I illustrate this with an analysis of the lexical item book. Moreover, polysemy also arises from different word forms, which, at least on first blush, appear to share a common semantic representation. This phenomenon I refer to as inter-lexical polysemy. I illustrate with a detailed case study involving an analysis of the prepositional forms in and on. I draw on the Theory of Lexical Concepts and Cognitive Models to account for these phenomena.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Parametric vs. analogue concepts
- 3.Towards an account of meaning construction
- 3.1LCCM Theory
- 3.2The cognitive model profile
- 4.Conceptual polysemy
- 5.Inter-lexical polysemy
- 5.1‘State’ lexical concepts for in
- [enclosure] and its parameters
- ‘state’ lexical concepts for in
- derivation of the ‘state’ lexical concepts
- 5.2Lexical concepts for on
- the [active state] lexical concept
- 5.3Discussion
- 5.1‘State’ lexical concepts for in
- 6.Conclusion
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References
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.64.08eva
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