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Lexicon, linguistics, philosophy: A lexicon is the dictionary in which the vocabulary of a language is listed stands in contrast to the rules. A lexical order is a linguistic order that is not structured grammatically, but usually alphabetically or numerically. See also Grammar, Syntax, Order, Rules, Vocabulary._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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M.J. Cresswell on Lexicon - Dictionary of Arguments
II 81 Lexical decomposition/Cresswell: e.g. paraphrase "to kill" as "to radically cause not to be". CresswellVs: I do not believe that every word can be described by a small number of semantic basic concepts. Katz per lexical decomposition. ((s) Elsewhere: problem: no quantification occurs - hence the internal reference is not clear.) >Semantics/Katz, >Jerrold J. Katz._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Cr I M. J. Cresswell Semantical Essays (Possible worlds and their rivals) Dordrecht Boston 1988 Cr II M. J. Cresswell Structured Meanings Cambridge Mass. 1984 |