In:Lexical Semantics for Terminology: An introduction
Marie-Claude L'Homme
[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 20] 2020
► pp. xi–xiv
Published online: 21 January 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.20.lof
https://doi.org/10.1075/tlrp.20.lof
List of figures
Figure 2.1Classification of Vulpes vulpes (commonly known as red fox) (Wikimedia Common 2018 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taxonomic_Rank_Graph.svg))8
Figure 2.2Onomasiological approach9
Figure 2.3‘Mouse’ and related concepts in a miniature conceptual structure10
Figure 2.4First part of the term record ‘Global warming’ in TERMIUM Plus® (2015)12
Figure 2.5Entry ‘habitat’ in GEMET (2015)13
Figure 2.6‘Habitat’ and related concepts in ENVO (2015): Graphical representation14
Figure 3.1A schematic representation of a knowledge-driven approach to terminological data21
Figure 3.2A schematic representation of an approach to terms driven by the lexicon used in specialized texts23
Figure 3.3Concepts and linguistic expressed in a knowledge-driven approach25
Figure 3.4Lexicon-driven approach to the meaning of linguistic expressions26
Figure 3.5A conceptual structure with activities29
Figure 3.6Definition of the frame Residence and Frame Elements (FrameNet 2017)46
Figure 3.7Syntactic realizations for the LU inhabit (FrameNet 2017)47
Figure 3.8Valence patterns for the LU inhabit (FrameNet 2017)48
Figure 3.9Annotated sentences with the LU inhabit (FrameNet 2017)49
Figure 3.10Graphical visualization of relations between the Residence frame and other ones (FrameNet 2017)49
Figure 5.1Possible relationships between concepts and designations80
Figure 5.2Virus associated with different domains in TERMIUM Plus® (2017)82
Figure 5.3Different perspectives on ‘carbon dioxide’89
Figure 5.4Concordances with the character string download102
Figure 5.5The noun bank in WordNet (2015)103
Figure 5.6Entries for the noun bank in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (2018)106
Figure 6.1Graphical representation of the argument structure of donate131
Figure 6.2Argument structure and annotated contexts for the term download141
Figure 7.1A simple taxonomy of musical instruments148
Figure 7.2Partitive relations shared by ‘bicycle’ and different parts150
Figure 7.3Different stages in waste management151
Figure 7.4Exact synonyms in a conceptual structure152
Figure 7.5Terminological relations between habitat and other terms156
Figure 7.6Semantic components shared by hammer and tool159
Figure 7.7Types of vehicles and lexical gaps160
Figure 7.8A gradable pair situated on the scale of temperature (according to Gagné and L’Homme 2016)165
Figure 8.1Textual representation of a taxonomy of musical instruments179
Figure 8.2Taxonomic and partitive relations in the Foundational Model of Anatomy (2018)180
Figure 8.3Conceptual relations held by ‘habitat’ and other concepts (EcoLexicon 2018)181
Figure 8.4Textual representation of two types of relations for musical instruments183
Figure 8.5‘Methane’ with multiple <is-a> relations with other concepts (EcoLexicon 2017)184
Figure 8.6Definitional templates in EcoLexicon (León-Araúz et al. 2012, cited in L’Homme and San Martín 2016)186
Figure 8.7Tool and its inherited hypernyms in WordNet (2017)189
Figure 8.8Argument structure of mouse and two collocations193
Figure 8.9Relations shared by pollute1b with other terms encoded with lexical functions197
Figure 8.10Relations shared by pollute1b and polluting with other terms encoded with lexical functions with a closer view on polluting200
Figure 8.11Relations between animal and other terms linked to endangered species202
Figure 8.12Argument structure and explanations for relations204
Figure 8.13Relations held by carbon dioxide with other terms (NeoVisual 2018)207
Figure 8.14Explanations and lexical functions for some related terms given for erode1b (NeoVisual 2018)208
Figure 8.15Highlighting related terms with morphological similarity (NeoVisual 2018)209
Figure 8.16The Residence frame adapted to environment terms (based on the Frame DiCoEnviro 2018)217
Figure 8.17The Distribution frame adapted to environment terms (based on the Frame DiCoEnviro 2018)218
Figure 8.18Frames for terms related to endangered species218
Figure 8.19“Being somewhere” situations for species (based on the Framed DiCoEnviro 2018)219
Figure 8.20Situations related to the cycle of life and death of endangered species (based on the Framed DiCoEnviro 2018)220
Figure 8.21Hunt1, hunt2 and related terms224
Figure 8.22A sample of activities carried out by species (based on the Framed DiCoEnviro 2018)225
Figure 8.23A sample of activities carried out by human beings (based on the Framed DiCoEnviro 2018)226
Figure 9.1Labels in English and French in a conceptual structure231
Figure 9.2Polysemous items and cross-linguistic relationships234
