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In:The Typology of Physical Qualities
Edited by Ekaterina Rakhilina, Tatiana Reznikova and Daria Ryzhova
[Typological Studies in Language 133] 2022
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Chapter 4
Quality as a two-place predicate

The typology of full and empty

 | Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
 | Independent researcher
Published online: 25 May 2022
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Abstract
This chapter presents a typological description of the semantic domains empty and full. While the majority of other predicates of physical qualities have a single argument (the qualified object), the situations of fullness and emptiness imply two arguments – the container and the contents. Such argument structure influences the syntax of the predicates of fullness and emptiness and, to some extent, the oppositions within these domains. In this paper, empty and full are examined in relation to clean, bare, solid and several other adjacent semantic domains, with particular attention being given to metaphors and semantic extensions.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Empty
    • 2.1The main (physical) sense
    • 2.2Adjacent domains
      • 2.2.1‘Bare’
      • 2.2.2‘Clean’
      • 2.2.3Possession
    • 2.3Semantic extensions
  • 3.full
    • 3.1The main (physical) sense
      • 3.1.1Container and quantity
      • 3.1.2‘Full’ vs. ‘not hollow’
    • 3.2Adjacent domains
      • 3.2.1Possession
      • 3.2.2‘Full’ and ‘complete’
    • 3.3Semantic extensions
      • 3.3.1Container metaphors
      • 3.3.2Large quantity
      • 3.3.3Intensifiers
  • 4.Conclusion: Semantic maps
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
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