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Bosch, Peter. 1988. On representing lexical meaning. In Hüllen, Werner and Rainer Schulze, eds. Understanding the lexicon: Meaning, sense, and world knowledge in lexical semantics. Max Niemeyer. pp. 62–72.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

cognitive science | context dependence | lexical meaning

Annotation

A discussion of lexical meaning from the perspective of a cognitive science approach to language, i.e. a perspective which concentrates on aspects of use, rather than on formal-structural aspects of language. In this approach, meaning is seen as inherently connected to context of use.