Lexical variation and change : a distributional semantic approach

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.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Variation.
Dutch language > Variation.
Spanish language > Variation.
Lexicology.
Semantics.
Dutch language > Lexicology.
Spanish language > Lexicology.
Dutch language > Lexicology
Dutch language > Variation
Language and languages > Variation
Lexicology
Semantics
Spanish language > Lexicology
Spanish language > Variation
Linguistics.
Language.
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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