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24 - Lexical Semantics

Insights from Lexicology

from Part 4 - Lexicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

By
Rajna Dragićević  and
Milan Ivanović
Edited by
Danko Šipka  and
Wayles Browne
Danko Šipka
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
Wayles Browne
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

The chapter opens with an overview of basic categories within the field of study of lexical semantics. It next presents fundamental concepts related to the lexicon, especially the lexeme as the basic unit of lexicology. It also analyzes the concept of lexical meaning and provides a brief overview of some of the approaches adopted in the study of denotation and connotation. The central part of the chapter describes polysemy and its basic mechanisms – metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche. The examples feature Serbian and other Slavic lexemes exhibiting the richest polysemy. The next section tackles syntagmatic lexical relations, the notion of collocation and the role of context in the study of lexical meaning. Paradigmatic lexical relations are also observed, especially synonymy and antonymy, both true and contextual or quasi-.

Keywords

lexical meaningdenotationconnotationpolysemymetaphormetonymysynecdochesyntagmatic lexical relationssynonymyantonymy
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The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics , pp. 529 - 544
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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