600015797 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code TSL 133 Eb 15 9789027257918 06 10.1075/tsl.133 13 2021059067 DG 002 02 01 TSL 02 0167-7373 Typological Studies in Language 133 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The Typology of Physical Qualities</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">Typology of Physical Qualities</TitleWithoutPrefix> 01 tsl.133 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.133 1 B01 Ekaterina Rakhilina Rakhilina, Ekaterina Ekaterina Rakhilina HSE University, Moscow / Vinogradov Russian language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2 B01 Tatiana Reznikova Reznikova, Tatiana Tatiana Reznikova HSE University, Moscow 3 B01 Daria Ryzhova Ryzhova, Daria Daria Ryzhova HSE University, Moscow 01 eng 345 vi 339 LAN016000 v.2006 CFG 2 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.TYP Typology 06 01 What is it like? – This is often the first question we ask about any object, and it is typically answered with adjectives: <i>old, smooth, pointed, narrow</i>, etc. Characteristics of things around us is a fundamental aspect of how we conceptualize the physical world, regardless of when or where we live – and regardless of our language. Despite this, the vocabulary of physical qualities has received comparatively little attention in lexical typology: most research so far has focused on verbs and the actions they express.<br />This volume presents a lexico-typological study of several domains of physical qualities: ‘sharp’/‘blunt’, ‘wet’, ‘empty’/‘full’, ‘old’, as well as dimensions temperature and surface texture. It discusses several theoretical issues including intragenetic language sampling, the possibility of signed vs. spoken language comparison at the lexicon level, and the potential of applying computational models of distributional semantics to lexical typology. <br />The book will be of interest to linguists with a focus on typology, general and lexical semantics, to lexicographers, and to language students and teachers. 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/tsl.133.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027210920.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027210920.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/tsl.133.hb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/tsl.133.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/tsl.133.hb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/tsl.133.hb.png 10 01 JB code tsl.133.01rak 1 28 28 Chapter 1 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 1. Introduction</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The frame-based approach to the typology of qualities</Subtitle> 1 A01 Ekaterina Rakhilina Rakhilina, Ekaterina Ekaterina Rakhilina HSE University/V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 2 A01 Tatiana Reznikova Reznikova, Tatiana Tatiana Reznikova HSE University 20 evaluation 20 frame 20 lexical typology 20 metaphor 20 perception 20 physical qualities 01 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. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.02kyu 29 56 28 Chapter 2 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 2. Methodology at work</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Semantic fields <sc>sharp</sc> and <sc>blunt</sc></Subtitle> 1 A01 Maria Kyuseva Kyuseva, Maria Maria Kyuseva University of Surrey 2 A01 Elena Parina Parina, Elena Elena Parina Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences/Philipps-Universität Marburg 3 A01 Daria Ryzhova Ryzhova, Daria Daria Ryzhova HSE University 20 frame-based approach 20 lexical typology 20 metaphors 20 physical qualities 20 semantic maps 20 sharp, blunt 01 The chapter illustrates the frame-based methodology of lexical typological analysis through the comparison of the qualities <sc>sharp</sc> and <sc>blunt</sc> in 21 languages. We show that these qualities tend to be asymmetrical, with bluntness being negatively defined through sharpness. The two main oppositions found in the field are (1) the shape of a sharp object, and (2) the sense through which the quality is primarily experienced. The first opposition divides all objects into bladed (knives, etc.) and pointed (needles, etc.) ones; the second opposition contrasts touch with vision, and it further translates to the juxtaposition of function (<i>sharp/blunt instruments</i>, etc.) vs. shape (<i>pointed/rounded features</i>, etc.). We also find that these oppositions determine the semantic shifts developed by words denoting sharpness or bluntness and that the metaphoric patterns are consistent across languages. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.03rez 57 78 22 Chapter 3 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 3. A matter of degree?</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The domain of wetness in a typological perspective</Subtitle> 1 A01 Tatiana Reznikova Reznikova, Tatiana Tatiana Reznikova HSE University 2 A01 Anna Panina Panina, Anna Anna Panina Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences 3 A01 Victoriya Kruglyakova Kruglyakova, Victoriya Victoriya Kruglyakova RANEPA 20 lexical typology 20 physical qualities 20 semantics of degree 20 wetness 01 The article studies the domain of wetness in 20 languages. In many of them the domain features two main words (e.g. German <i>nass, feucht</i>; Mongolian <i>nojton, čijgleg</i>; Moksha <i>načkə, l’et’kə</i>) and the difference between them tends to be described in terms of degree, i.e. ‘intensely’ versus ‘slightly wet’. Typological analysis shows that in each case the degree of humidity receives a specific interpretation depending on the noun that is being modified, so that the choice of a particular synonym is based not simply on the quantity of the fluid, but on the situation as a whole (including the source of moisture, intentional versus non-intentional event, etc.). We also discuss the additional factors relevant to the domain in the languages that have more than two words in it, that is, the additional words with a positive or a negative connotation, or moisture from contact with a liquid versus moisture absorbed from humid air. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.04pan 79 116 38 Chapter 4 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 4. Quality as a two-place predicate</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The typology of <sc>full</sc> and <sc>empty</sc></Subtitle> 1 A01 Anna Panina Panina, Anna Anna Panina Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences 2 A01 Maria Tagabileva Tagabileva, Maria Maria Tagabileva Independent researcher 20 container 20 empty 20 full 20 lexical typology 20 qualitative adjectives 01 This chapter presents a typological description of the semantic domains <sc>empty</sc> and <sc>full</sc>. While the majority of other predicates of physical qualities have a single argument (the qualified object), the situations of fullness and emptiness imply two arguments – the container and the contents. Such argument structure influences the syntax of the predicates of fullness and emptiness and, to some extent, the oppositions within these domains. In this paper, <sc>empty</sc> and <sc>full</sc> are examined in relation to <sc>clean, bare, solid</sc> and several other adjacent semantic domains, with particular attention being given to metaphors and semantic extensions. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.05koz 117 160 44 Chapter 5 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 5. Typology of dimensions</TitleText> 1 A01 Alexey Kozlov Kozlov, Alexey Alexey Kozlov HSE University 2 A01 Maria Privizentseva Privizentseva, Maria Maria Privizentseva Leipzig University 20 dimensional terms 20 lexical typology 20 semantic maps 20 spatial expressions 01 The paper focuses on the lexical typology of dimensional terms such as English <i>long</i>, <i>deep</i>, <i>wide</i>, etc. Compared to other semantic fields, this one is relatively well-studied; however, the present study is the first to approach it from the modern typological point of view. We propose a semantic map of dimensional terms, which outlines the possible and impossible colexification patterns in the domain. However, other regularities appear likely to exist, which cannot be captured by the model of semantic mapping. We discuss the potential restrictions on colexifications, and suggest explanations for them. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.06kas 161 188 28 Chapter 6 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 6. The domain of surface texture</TitleText> 1 A01 Egor Kashkin Kashkin, Egor Egor Kashkin V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, 2 A01 Olga Vinogradova Vinogradova, Olga Olga Vinogradova HSE University 20 corpus research 20 intragenetic typology 20 lexical typology 20 metaphoric shift 20 Uralic languages 01 The paper deals with the typology of surface texture expressions, such as <i> <b>slippery</b> road, <b>smooth</b> wooden board, <b>rough</b> hands, <b>coarse</b> </i> or <i> <b>rough</b> fabric</i>. We discuss both their literal uses and metaphors formed with them, such as <i> <b>slippery</b> person, <b>smooth</b> speech, <b>rugged</b> captain</i>. Our language sample includes 10 Uralic languages (Finnish, Estonian, Meadow Mari, Erzya, Moksha, Udmurt, Komi-Zyrjan, Hungarian, Khanty, Nenets), as well as 5 languages from other families (Russian, English, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean). The categorisation includes primarily a division into visually perceived surfaces and surfaces perceived through physical contact. We discuss in what ways the antonymic areas under observation are asymmetrical in their semantics and combinability. One more focus is on evaluating variation in the texture lexicon in genetically related languages in comparison with its variation across a broader sample of languages. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.07vyr 189 214 26 Chapter 7 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 7. A new approach to <sc>old</sc> studies</TitleText> 1 A01 Anastasia Vyrenkova Vyrenkova, Anastasia Anastasia Vyrenkova HSE University 2 A01 Ekaterina Rakhilina Rakhilina, Ekaterina Ekaterina Rakhilina HSE University/V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 3 A01 Boris Orekhov Orekhov, Boris Boris Orekhov HSE University 20 lexical typology 20 qualitative adjectives 20 semantic maps 20 semantics of oldness 01 This chapter gives a description of the <sc>old</sc> terms typology across 78 world languages. The sample size in the research is relatively big, as compared to the other studies in this volume, which is attributable to two main reasons: the semantics of <sc>old</sc> terms has already been thoroughly described for at least two languages – English and Russian – and the lexemes with this meaning are in most cases featured by bilingual dictionaries. On the basis of the dictionary data supported by additional expertise we propose a semantic map of the OLD domain. The paper also outlines some cross-linguistically recurrent colexification patterns and addresses the specificity of homonymous combinations of <sc>old</sc> attributes with different semantic classes of nouns. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.08kop 215 268 54 Chapter 8 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 8. Talking temperature with close relatives</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Semantic systems across Slavic languages</Subtitle> 1 A01 Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm Stockholm University 20 lexical stability 20 semantic change 20 semantic system predicative 20 Slavic 20 temperature 01 The chapter compares the temperature adjectives (‘hot’, ‘cold’ etc.) across Slavic against a broader typological background. The comparison targets both the <i>systems as a whole</i> and the <i>forms</i> involved in them. The main questions are how (dis)similar the temperature systems of closely related languages can be, and what is stable vs. changeable in the temperature terms of closely related languages. Slavic languages show substantial cross-linguistic variation in their systems (ranging from two to four main temperature values), while on the whole confirming several earlier tentative generalizations in Koptjevskaja-Tamm (2015). The temperature terms themselves differ in stability, both in meaning and in form (with ‘warm’ being the most stable term on both counts), even though most of them are traceable to proto-Slavic and even to proto-Indo-European. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.09kho 269 288 20 Chapter 9 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 9. Lexical typology of Mandarin Chinese qualitative features</TitleText> 1 A01 Liliya Kholkina Kholkina, Liliya Liliya Kholkina Russian State University for the Humanities 20 hard 20 heavy 20 lexicography 20 Mandarin Chinese 20 smooth 20 synonyms 01 The chapter analyses the quality terms of Mandarin Chinese which belong to the semantic domains of <sc>heavy</sc> and <sc>hard</sc>, as well as to the subdomains of surface texture (<sc>slippery, smooth</sc>, and <sc>level</sc>). We argue that the evidence from Mandarin Chinese accords with the larger typological picture which has been gleaned from languages that are areally and genetically distant from Chinese. This similarity is firstly observed in the literal meanings, which are discussed below for the subdomains of <sc>slippery, smooth</sc>, and <sc>level</sc>. Furthermore, the Mandarin data supports the existence of stable links between literal and figurative meanings. With data from the <sc>hard</sc> domain, we show that the oppositions between the lexemes’ literal meanings determine the results of their semantic shifts. Next, we examine evidence from the <sc>heavy</sc> domain to demonstrate that a reverse analysis can be applied to predict differences in literal meanings from the differences in metaphoric uses. The concluding sections of the chapter discuss how lexico-typological data can contribute to Chinese lexicology in general. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.10kyu 289 308 20 Chapter 10 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 10. The qualitative lexicon in Russian Sign Language from a typological perspective</TitleText> 1 A01 Maria Kyuseva Kyuseva, Maria Maria Kyuseva University of Surrey 20 lexical typology 20 physical qualities 20 RSL 20 Russian Sign Language 20 sign language lexicon 01 The paper describes several expressions of physical qualities (namely, <sc>sharp, blunt, old, thick-wide</sc>, and <sc>thin-narrow</sc>) in Russian Sign Language (RSL) from a lexical typological perspective. This is the first study to analyse a sign language from the standpoint of the MLexT framework. The results show that RSL structures the aforementioned domains on the same grounds as spoken languages. This finding strongly supports the hypothesis that lexical systems are cognitively motivated. At the same time, RSL exhibits a number of non-trivial lexicalization strategies, which are not accidental but can be explained by the fact that this language is produced in the visual modality. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.11ryz 309 328 20 Chapter 11 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 11. Constructing a typological questionnaire with distributional semantic models</TitleText> 1 A01 Daria Ryzhova Ryzhova, Daria Daria Ryzhova HSE University 2 A01 Denis Paperno Paperno, Denis Denis Paperno Utrecht University 20 distributional semantic models 20 lexical typology 20 physical qualities 20 questionnaire 01 The paper presents a methodology for automatic construction of lexical typological questionnaires for qualitative semantic domains (e.g. <sc>sharp, straight, thick</sc>, or <sc>smooth</sc>). Our algorithm is based on data from a monolingual corpus; it constructs a list of collocations for the corresponding lexemes, computes a vector representation for every collocation, clusters the vector space into semantically homogeneous groups and extracts the three central elements from every cluster. We compare the resulting questionnaires against test data from the semantic domains that are already well studied manually. The algorithm demonstrates high quality results and can be used in the practice of lexical typological research. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.li 329 332 4 Miscellaneous 12 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Language index</TitleText> 10 01 JB code tsl.133.si 333 339 7 Miscellaneous 13 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Subject index</TitleText> 02 JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia NL 04 20220525 2022 John Benjamins B.V. 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027210920 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 jbe-platform.com 09 WORLD 21 01 00 105.00 EUR R 01 00 88.00 GBP Z 01 gen 00 158.00 USD S 855015796 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code TSL 133 Hb 15 9789027210920 13 2021059066 BB 01 TSL 02 0167-7373 Typological Studies in Language 133 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">The Typology of Physical Qualities</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The </TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix textformat="02">Typology of Physical Qualities</TitleWithoutPrefix> 01 tsl.133 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.133 1 B01 Ekaterina Rakhilina Rakhilina, Ekaterina Ekaterina Rakhilina HSE University, Moscow / Vinogradov Russian language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2 B01 Tatiana Reznikova Reznikova, Tatiana Tatiana Reznikova HSE University, Moscow 3 B01 Daria Ryzhova Ryzhova, Daria Daria Ryzhova HSE University, Moscow 01 eng 345 vi 339 LAN016000 v.2006 CFG 2 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.TYP Typology 06 01 What is it like? – This is often the first question we ask about any object, and it is typically answered with adjectives: <i>old, smooth, pointed, narrow</i>, etc. Characteristics of things around us is a fundamental aspect of how we conceptualize the physical world, regardless of when or where we live – and regardless of our language. Despite this, the vocabulary of physical qualities has received comparatively little attention in lexical typology: most research so far has focused on verbs and the actions they express.<br />This volume presents a lexico-typological study of several domains of physical qualities: ‘sharp’/‘blunt’, ‘wet’, ‘empty’/‘full’, ‘old’, as well as dimensions temperature and surface texture. It discusses several theoretical issues including intragenetic language sampling, the possibility of signed vs. spoken language comparison at the lexicon level, and the potential of applying computational models of distributional semantics to lexical typology. <br />The book will be of interest to linguists with a focus on typology, general and lexical semantics, to lexicographers, and to language students and teachers. 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/tsl.133.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027210920.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027210920.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/tsl.133.hb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/tsl.133.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/tsl.133.hb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/tsl.133.hb.png 10 01 JB code tsl.133.01rak 1 28 28 Chapter 1 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 1. Introduction</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The frame-based approach to the typology of qualities</Subtitle> 1 A01 Ekaterina Rakhilina Rakhilina, Ekaterina Ekaterina Rakhilina HSE University/V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 2 A01 Tatiana Reznikova Reznikova, Tatiana Tatiana Reznikova HSE University 20 evaluation 20 frame 20 lexical typology 20 metaphor 20 perception 20 physical qualities 01 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. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.02kyu 29 56 28 Chapter 2 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 2. Methodology at work</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Semantic fields <sc>sharp</sc> and <sc>blunt</sc></Subtitle> 1 A01 Maria Kyuseva Kyuseva, Maria Maria Kyuseva University of Surrey 2 A01 Elena Parina Parina, Elena Elena Parina Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences/Philipps-Universität Marburg 3 A01 Daria Ryzhova Ryzhova, Daria Daria Ryzhova HSE University 20 frame-based approach 20 lexical typology 20 metaphors 20 physical qualities 20 semantic maps 20 sharp, blunt 01 The chapter illustrates the frame-based methodology of lexical typological analysis through the comparison of the qualities <sc>sharp</sc> and <sc>blunt</sc> in 21 languages. We show that these qualities tend to be asymmetrical, with bluntness being negatively defined through sharpness. The two main oppositions found in the field are (1) the shape of a sharp object, and (2) the sense through which the quality is primarily experienced. The first opposition divides all objects into bladed (knives, etc.) and pointed (needles, etc.) ones; the second opposition contrasts touch with vision, and it further translates to the juxtaposition of function (<i>sharp/blunt instruments</i>, etc.) vs. shape (<i>pointed/rounded features</i>, etc.). We also find that these oppositions determine the semantic shifts developed by words denoting sharpness or bluntness and that the metaphoric patterns are consistent across languages. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.03rez 57 78 22 Chapter 3 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 3. A matter of degree?</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The domain of wetness in a typological perspective</Subtitle> 1 A01 Tatiana Reznikova Reznikova, Tatiana Tatiana Reznikova HSE University 2 A01 Anna Panina Panina, Anna Anna Panina Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences 3 A01 Victoriya Kruglyakova Kruglyakova, Victoriya Victoriya Kruglyakova RANEPA 20 lexical typology 20 physical qualities 20 semantics of degree 20 wetness 01 The article studies the domain of wetness in 20 languages. In many of them the domain features two main words (e.g. German <i>nass, feucht</i>; Mongolian <i>nojton, čijgleg</i>; Moksha <i>načkə, l’et’kə</i>) and the difference between them tends to be described in terms of degree, i.e. ‘intensely’ versus ‘slightly wet’. Typological analysis shows that in each case the degree of humidity receives a specific interpretation depending on the noun that is being modified, so that the choice of a particular synonym is based not simply on the quantity of the fluid, but on the situation as a whole (including the source of moisture, intentional versus non-intentional event, etc.). We also discuss the additional factors relevant to the domain in the languages that have more than two words in it, that is, the additional words with a positive or a negative connotation, or moisture from contact with a liquid versus moisture absorbed from humid air. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.04pan 79 116 38 Chapter 4 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 4. Quality as a two-place predicate</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The typology of <sc>full</sc> and <sc>empty</sc></Subtitle> 1 A01 Anna Panina Panina, Anna Anna Panina Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences 2 A01 Maria Tagabileva Tagabileva, Maria Maria Tagabileva Independent researcher 20 container 20 empty 20 full 20 lexical typology 20 qualitative adjectives 01 This chapter presents a typological description of the semantic domains <sc>empty</sc> and <sc>full</sc>. While the majority of other predicates of physical qualities have a single argument (the qualified object), the situations of fullness and emptiness imply two arguments – the container and the contents. Such argument structure influences the syntax of the predicates of fullness and emptiness and, to some extent, the oppositions within these domains. In this paper, <sc>empty</sc> and <sc>full</sc> are examined in relation to <sc>clean, bare, solid</sc> and several other adjacent semantic domains, with particular attention being given to metaphors and semantic extensions. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.05koz 117 160 44 Chapter 5 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 5. Typology of dimensions</TitleText> 1 A01 Alexey Kozlov Kozlov, Alexey Alexey Kozlov HSE University 2 A01 Maria Privizentseva Privizentseva, Maria Maria Privizentseva Leipzig University 20 dimensional terms 20 lexical typology 20 semantic maps 20 spatial expressions 01 The paper focuses on the lexical typology of dimensional terms such as English <i>long</i>, <i>deep</i>, <i>wide</i>, etc. Compared to other semantic fields, this one is relatively well-studied; however, the present study is the first to approach it from the modern typological point of view. We propose a semantic map of dimensional terms, which outlines the possible and impossible colexification patterns in the domain. However, other regularities appear likely to exist, which cannot be captured by the model of semantic mapping. We discuss the potential restrictions on colexifications, and suggest explanations for them. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.06kas 161 188 28 Chapter 6 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 6. The domain of surface texture</TitleText> 1 A01 Egor Kashkin Kashkin, Egor Egor Kashkin V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, 2 A01 Olga Vinogradova Vinogradova, Olga Olga Vinogradova HSE University 20 corpus research 20 intragenetic typology 20 lexical typology 20 metaphoric shift 20 Uralic languages 01 The paper deals with the typology of surface texture expressions, such as <i> <b>slippery</b> road, <b>smooth</b> wooden board, <b>rough</b> hands, <b>coarse</b> </i> or <i> <b>rough</b> fabric</i>. We discuss both their literal uses and metaphors formed with them, such as <i> <b>slippery</b> person, <b>smooth</b> speech, <b>rugged</b> captain</i>. Our language sample includes 10 Uralic languages (Finnish, Estonian, Meadow Mari, Erzya, Moksha, Udmurt, Komi-Zyrjan, Hungarian, Khanty, Nenets), as well as 5 languages from other families (Russian, English, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean). The categorisation includes primarily a division into visually perceived surfaces and surfaces perceived through physical contact. We discuss in what ways the antonymic areas under observation are asymmetrical in their semantics and combinability. One more focus is on evaluating variation in the texture lexicon in genetically related languages in comparison with its variation across a broader sample of languages. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.07vyr 189 214 26 Chapter 7 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 7. A new approach to <sc>old</sc> studies</TitleText> 1 A01 Anastasia Vyrenkova Vyrenkova, Anastasia Anastasia Vyrenkova HSE University 2 A01 Ekaterina Rakhilina Rakhilina, Ekaterina Ekaterina Rakhilina HSE University/V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 3 A01 Boris Orekhov Orekhov, Boris Boris Orekhov HSE University 20 lexical typology 20 qualitative adjectives 20 semantic maps 20 semantics of oldness 01 This chapter gives a description of the <sc>old</sc> terms typology across 78 world languages. The sample size in the research is relatively big, as compared to the other studies in this volume, which is attributable to two main reasons: the semantics of <sc>old</sc> terms has already been thoroughly described for at least two languages – English and Russian – and the lexemes with this meaning are in most cases featured by bilingual dictionaries. On the basis of the dictionary data supported by additional expertise we propose a semantic map of the OLD domain. The paper also outlines some cross-linguistically recurrent colexification patterns and addresses the specificity of homonymous combinations of <sc>old</sc> attributes with different semantic classes of nouns. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.08kop 215 268 54 Chapter 8 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 8. Talking temperature with close relatives</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Semantic systems across Slavic languages</Subtitle> 1 A01 Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm Stockholm University 20 lexical stability 20 semantic change 20 semantic system predicative 20 Slavic 20 temperature 01 The chapter compares the temperature adjectives (‘hot’, ‘cold’ etc.) across Slavic against a broader typological background. The comparison targets both the <i>systems as a whole</i> and the <i>forms</i> involved in them. The main questions are how (dis)similar the temperature systems of closely related languages can be, and what is stable vs. changeable in the temperature terms of closely related languages. Slavic languages show substantial cross-linguistic variation in their systems (ranging from two to four main temperature values), while on the whole confirming several earlier tentative generalizations in Koptjevskaja-Tamm (2015). The temperature terms themselves differ in stability, both in meaning and in form (with ‘warm’ being the most stable term on both counts), even though most of them are traceable to proto-Slavic and even to proto-Indo-European. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.09kho 269 288 20 Chapter 9 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 9. Lexical typology of Mandarin Chinese qualitative features</TitleText> 1 A01 Liliya Kholkina Kholkina, Liliya Liliya Kholkina Russian State University for the Humanities 20 hard 20 heavy 20 lexicography 20 Mandarin Chinese 20 smooth 20 synonyms 01 The chapter analyses the quality terms of Mandarin Chinese which belong to the semantic domains of <sc>heavy</sc> and <sc>hard</sc>, as well as to the subdomains of surface texture (<sc>slippery, smooth</sc>, and <sc>level</sc>). We argue that the evidence from Mandarin Chinese accords with the larger typological picture which has been gleaned from languages that are areally and genetically distant from Chinese. This similarity is firstly observed in the literal meanings, which are discussed below for the subdomains of <sc>slippery, smooth</sc>, and <sc>level</sc>. Furthermore, the Mandarin data supports the existence of stable links between literal and figurative meanings. With data from the <sc>hard</sc> domain, we show that the oppositions between the lexemes’ literal meanings determine the results of their semantic shifts. Next, we examine evidence from the <sc>heavy</sc> domain to demonstrate that a reverse analysis can be applied to predict differences in literal meanings from the differences in metaphoric uses. The concluding sections of the chapter discuss how lexico-typological data can contribute to Chinese lexicology in general. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.10kyu 289 308 20 Chapter 10 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 10. The qualitative lexicon in Russian Sign Language from a typological perspective</TitleText> 1 A01 Maria Kyuseva Kyuseva, Maria Maria Kyuseva University of Surrey 20 lexical typology 20 physical qualities 20 RSL 20 Russian Sign Language 20 sign language lexicon 01 The paper describes several expressions of physical qualities (namely, <sc>sharp, blunt, old, thick-wide</sc>, and <sc>thin-narrow</sc>) in Russian Sign Language (RSL) from a lexical typological perspective. This is the first study to analyse a sign language from the standpoint of the MLexT framework. The results show that RSL structures the aforementioned domains on the same grounds as spoken languages. This finding strongly supports the hypothesis that lexical systems are cognitively motivated. At the same time, RSL exhibits a number of non-trivial lexicalization strategies, which are not accidental but can be explained by the fact that this language is produced in the visual modality. 10 01 JB code tsl.133.11ryz 309 328 20 Chapter 11 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 11. Constructing a typological questionnaire with distributional semantic models</TitleText> 1 A01 Daria Ryzhova Ryzhova, Daria Daria Ryzhova HSE University 2 A01 Denis Paperno Paperno, Denis Denis Paperno Utrecht University 20 distributional semantic models 20 lexical typology 20 physical qualities 20 questionnaire 01 The paper presents a methodology for automatic construction of lexical typological questionnaires for qualitative semantic domains (e.g. <sc>sharp, straight, thick</sc>, or <sc>smooth</sc>). Our algorithm is based on data from a monolingual corpus; it constructs a list of collocations for the corresponding lexemes, computes a vector representation for every collocation, clusters the vector space into semantically homogeneous groups and extracts the three central elements from every cluster. We compare the resulting questionnaires against test data from the semantic domains that are already well studied manually. 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