Semantic theory and the problem of polysemy

✍ Scribed by Paul Douglas Deane

• Publisher: The University of Chicago
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 366
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A Dissertation Submitted To The Faculty Of The Division Of The Humanities In Candidacy For The Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy

✦ Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................... 1
Chapter
I. POLYSEMY AS A PROBLEM： FROM BREAL'S
ESSAI DE SEMANTIOUE TO THE EARLY 1980'S ............ 21
1.1. The Traditional Problem of Polysemy .......... 21
1.2. Two Types of Polysemy ......................... 36
1.3. The Motivation of Polysemy .................... 43
II. POLYSEMY AS OPPORTUNITY ............................ 61
2.0 Introduction .................................... 61
2.1 Norrlck's Theory of Polysemy ................... 66
2.2 Improving on Norrick's Theory .................. 71
2.3 Alternative Theory of Metonymic
Motivation ...................................... 76
2.4 Metaphoric Relations .......................... 109
III： ISSUES IN THE THEORY OF POLYSEMY ................. 128
3.0 Introduction................................... 128
3.1 Differences between Allosemy
and Lexical Polysemy .......................... 132
3.2 The Fundamental Nature of Allosemy............ 147
3.3 Nunberg's Argument for Semantic
Indeterminacy .................................. 179
3.4 Lexical Polysemy .............................. 190
IV. BODY PART TERMS： SEMANTICS AND POLYSEMY .......... 196
4.0 Introduction ............................... 196
4.1 The word BODY ............................... 206
4.2 The word HEAD ............................... 212
4.3 The word FACE ............................... 225
4.4 The word NECK ............................... 232
4.5 The word EYE ............................... 234
4.6 The word EAR ............................... 238
4.7 The word NOSE ............................... 242
4.8 The word MOUTH ............................... 246
4.9 The Word LIP ................................ 250
4.10 The Word TONGUE ............................ 252
4.11 The Word TOOTH ............................. 254
4.12 The Word SHOULDER........................... 257
4.13 The Word BACK .............................. 259
4.14 Тhe Word SIDE .............................. 266
4.15 The Word ARM ............................... 270
4.16 The Word HAND .............................. 272
4.17 The word FINGER ............................ 278
4.18 The Word LEG ............................... 279
4.19 The Word FOOT .............................. 282
4.20 The Word TOE ............................... 284
V. POLYSEMY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE LEXICON ......... 286
5.0 Introduction................................ 286
5.1 An Adjective: VERY .......................... 287
5.2 The Verb HIT ................................ 297
5.3 The Preposition OVER ........................ 303
5.3.0 Introduction .......................... 303
5.3.1 The Allosemy of the Preposition Over .. 305
5.3.2 The Lexical Polysemy of the Preposition Over ........................... 311
5.3.3 Prefix and Particle Uses of Over ..... 316
5.4 The Word ACROSS ............................. 326
5.5 The Word THROUGH ............................ 332
CONCLUSION ........................................... 340
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................ 351