Lexical typology and semantic maps

Perspectives and challenges

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19415083
AutoresEkaterina Rakhilina (0000-0002-7126-0905, HSE University , Moscow , Russia, autor de correspondencia), Daria Ryzhova (0000-0002-8387-0049, HSE University , Moscow , Russia, autor de correspondencia), Yulia Badryzlova (0000-0003-3901-4816, HSE University , Moscow , Russia)
Año2022
Volumen41
Número1
Páginas231-262
Fecha de publicación2022-06-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaZeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0721-9067 • E-ISSN: 1613-3706
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/zfs-2021-2046
OpenAlexW4281755977
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas52

The paper outlines the basics of data collection, analysis and visualization under the frame-based approach to lexical typology and illustrates its methodology using the data of cross-linguistic research on verbs of falling. The framework reveals several challenges to semantic map modelling that usually escape researchers’ attention. These are: (1) principles of establishing lexical comparative concepts; (2) the effective ways of visualization for the opposition between direct and figurative meanings of lexical items; (3) the problem of the borderlines between semantic fields, which seem to be very subtle. These problems are discussed in detail in the paper, as well as possible theoretical decisions and semantic modelling techniques that could overcome these bottlenecks

Lexical item · Lexical Semantics · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Natural language processing · Semantic property · Sociology · Typology · Visualization · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Artificial Intelligence