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The Typology of Physical Qualities
Edited by Ekaterina Rakhilina, Tatiana Reznikova and Daria Ryzhova
[Typological Studies in Language 133] 2022
► pp. 1–28

Chapter 1
Introduction

The frame-based approach to the typology of qualities

| HSE University | Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
| HSE University

The chapter outlines the goals of our project, points out the aspects that distinguish the vocabulary of qualities from other lexical domains, when viewed from a typological perspective, and introduces the methods of data collection and analysis we use in this project and in other related studies. It goes on to discuss the semantic parameters that motivate the lexical oppositions in various qualitative domains.

Keywords: lexical typology, physical qualities, metaphor, frame, evaluation, perception
Article outline
  • 1.Subject of this book
  • 2.Methodology
  • 3.Language samples
  • 4.Data selection
  • 5.Lexical oppositions in qualities
    • 5.1Taxonomy and mereology
    • 5.2Topology
    • 5.3Number of arguments
    • 5.4Evaluation
    • 5.5Type of perception
  • 6.Metaphoric shifts
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 25 May 2022
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