LEADER 04144nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910780714603321 005 20230725041433.0 010 $a1-283-16489-2 010 $a9786613164896 010 $a3-11-022059-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110220599 035 $a(CKB)2480000000005114 035 $a(EBL)689625 035 $a(OCoLC)723944036 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000530911 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12165777 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000530911 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10569932 035 $a(PQKB)10068306 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC689625 035 $a(DE-B1597)37041 035 $a(OCoLC)747900330 035 $a(OCoLC)753966286 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110220599 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL689625 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468338 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL316489 035 $a(EXLCZ)992480000000005114 100 $a20100511d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStructuring the lexicon$b[electronic resource] $ea clustered model for near-synonymy /$fby Dagmar Divjak 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cDe Gruyter Mouton$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (290 p.) 225 1 $aCognitive linguistics research,$x1861-4132 ;$v43 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-022058-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tPreface -- $tContents -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Degrees of event integration: delineating groups of near-synonyms -- $t3. Ways of intending: constructional frames for lexicographical portraits -- $t4. Clustering Behavioral Profiles: structuring groups of near-synonyms -- $t5. Ways of TRYING: describing scales of variation in a radial category -- $t6. Beyond Behavioral Profiles -- $tAppendix -- $tReferences -- $tAuthor index -- $tSubject index 330 $aGiven that we lack sensory-motor experience for abstract concepts, how do we find out what they mean? How far can we get by tracking frequency distributions in input? The volume tackles the question of what language has to offer the language learner in his/her quest for meaning, and explicitly addresses how semantic knowledge may be distributed along the continuum from "grammar" to "lexicon". Focus is on the synonymy of constructions and lexemes, a meaning relation that has been largely ignored in Western linguistics. Frequency in all its guises plays a major part in this book. Approaching meaning from a usage-based perspective, a radically distributional approach to quantifying meaning is proposed that encompasses both the constructional and lexical level. Statistical data analysis, relatively new in the field of linguistics, yields a cognitively realistic, clustered model that encourages re-evaluating existing accounts of near-synonymy. Theoretical concepts spanning a range of cognitive linguistic frameworks, i.e. Cognitive Grammar, Radical Construction Grammar and Prototype Theory, account for the complexity of the data and lead to a re-appraisal of traditional semantic theory. Built on a solid empirical foundation, this network account of synonymy at the constructional and lexical level enriches our understanding of established aspects of the cognitive model of language, serving as catalyst for their further development and refinement. The theoretically informed combination of descriptive accuracy and methodological innovation makes the book a worthwhile read for cognitive linguists and psycholinguists alike. 410 0$aCognitive linguistics research ;$v43. 606 $aCognitive grammar 606 $aSemantics 610 $aCognitive Linguistics. 610 $aCorpus Linguistics. 610 $aSlavic Languages. 615 0$aCognitive grammar. 615 0$aSemantics. 676 $a415 686 $aER 955$2rvk 700 $aDivjak$b Dagmar$01517822 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780714603321 996 $aStructuring the lexicon$93866670 997 $aUNINA