Lexical variation and change : a distributional semantic approach / Dirk Geeraerts [and six others].

This volume introduces a systematic framework for understanding and investigating lexical variation, using a distributional semantics approach. It presents a comprehensive model of lexical and semantic variation, and uses case studies of Dutch and Spanish to illustrate both the advantages and disadv...

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Main Author: Geeraerts, Dirk, 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520 8 |a This volume introduces a systematic framework for understanding and investigating lexical variation, using a distributional semantics approach. It presents a comprehensive model of lexical and semantic variation, and uses case studies of Dutch and Spanish to illustrate both the advantages and disadvantages of a distributional methodology approach. 
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588 |a Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 27, 2023). 
505 0 |a Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Introduction -- Part I Theoretical preliminaries -- 1 Lexical variation and the lexeme-lection-lect triangle -- 1.1 Choices of lexicological perspective -- 1.2 Semasiology, conceptual onomasiology, formal onomasiology -- 1.3 Onomasiological profiles and lectometry -- 1.4 The lexicon in language variation research -- 1.5 From cognitive linguistics to cognitive sociolinguistics -- The bottom line -- 2 Distributional semantics and the fog of meaning -- 2.1 From contexts to clusters 
505 8 |a 2.2 The diversity of distributional semantics -- 2.3 Sense determination and semantic indeterminacy -- 2.4 Semantics without meaning -- The bottom line -- Part II Distributional methodology -- 3 Parameters and procedures for token-based distributional semantics -- 3.1 From text to vector space -- 3.2 Linguistically informed parameters -- 3.3 Statistical parameters -- 3.4 From vector space to token clouds -- 3.5 Overview of implemented settings -- The bottom line -- 4 Visual analytics for token-based distributional semantics -- 4.1 Dimensionality reduction for visualization 
505 8 |a 4.2 Selecting representative models -- 4.3 The NephoVis visualization tool -- 4.4 A ShinyApp extension for NephoVis -- The bottom line -- Part III Semasiological and onomasiological explorations -- 5 Making sense of distributional semantics -- 5.1 No single optimal solution -- 5.2 Types of information -- 5.3 Semantic heterogeneity -- 5.4 One cloud, one sense -- 5.5 Prototypical contexts -- 5.6 Semantic profiling -- The bottom line -- 6 The interplay of semasiology and onomasiology -- 6.1 Onomasiology and token clouds -- 6.2 Verbs of destruction in Dutch -- 6.3 Destruction in contemporary Dutch 
505 8 |a 6.4 Destruction across the centuries -- 6.5 The evolution of onomasiological sets -- The bottom line -- Part IV Lectometric methodology -- 7 Quantifying lectal structure and change -- 7.1 Measuring lectal distances -- 7.2 Standardization and informalization -- 7.3 Lexical diversity and lexical success -- The bottom line -- 8 Lectometry step by step -- 8.1 Selection of near-synonyms -- 8.2 Demarcation of the model space -- 8.3 Fine-tuning profiles -- 8.4 Selection of pruned models -- 8.5 Lectometric measures -- The bottom line -- Part V Lectometric explorations -- 9 Dimensions of standardization 
505 8 |a 9.1 Corpora and concepts -- 9.2 Modelling of token spaces and selection of profiles -- 9.3 Hierarchical standardization and destandardization -- 9.4 Formalization and informalization -- 9.5 Homogenization and dehomogenization -- 9.6 The evolution of Belgian and Netherlandic Dutch -- The bottom line -- 10 Pluricentricity from a quantitative point of view -- 10.1 Spanish as an international language -- 10.2 Corpus and concept selection -- 10.3 Distributional modelling -- 10.4 The impact of model retention -- 10.5 The impact of lexical fields -- 10.6 Pluricentricity and the plurality of models 
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650 0 |a Spanish language  |x Variation. 
650 0 |a Lexicology. 
650 0 |a Semantics. 
650 0 |a Dutch language  |x Lexicology. 
650 0 |a Spanish language  |x Lexicology. 
650 7 |a Dutch language  |x Lexicology  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Dutch language  |x Variation  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Language and languages  |x Variation  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Lexicology  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Semantics  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Spanish language  |x Lexicology  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Spanish language  |x Variation  |2 fast 
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