In:Lexical Semantics for Terminology: An introduction
Marie-Claude L'Homme
[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 20] 2020
► pp. 79–120
Chapter 5Concepts, meaning and polysemy
Published online: 21 January 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.20.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.20.c5
Article outline
- 5.1Knowledge-based approaches to linguistic content
- 5.1.1Dealing with multiple concepts
- 5.1.2Accounting for concepts in terminological resources
- 5.1.3Explaining concepts
- 5.1.4An alternative view on concepts
- 5.1.5Multidimensionality
- 5.1.6Other factors affecting the way concepts are delimited or defined
- 5.2Lexicon-based approaches to linguistic content
- 5.2.1Terms in the lexicon of a language
- 5.2.2Criteria for semantic distinctions
- 5.2.3Polysemy versus ambiguity
- 5.2.4Dealing with multiple meanings
- 5.2.5Meaning modulations
- 5.2.6Handling complicated cases: absorb and absorption
- Summary
- Further reading
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