Lexical Variation and Change - A Distributional Semantic Approach

This book introduces a systematic framework for understanding and investigating lexical variation, using a distributional semantics approach. It presents a comprehensive model of lexical and semantic variation, and uses case studies of Dutch and Spanish to illustrate both the advantages and disadvantages of a distributional methodology approach.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I. Theoretical preliminaries


• 1: Lexical variation and the lexeme-lection-lect triangle


• 2: Distributional semantics and the fog of meaning


• Part II. Distributional Methodology


• 3: Parameters and procedures for token-based distributional semantics


• 4: Visual analytics for token-based distributional semantics


• Part III. Semasiological and onomasiological explorations


• 5: Making sense of distributional semantics


• 6: The interplay of semasiology and onomasiology


• Part IV. Lectometric methodology


• 7: Quantifying lectal structure and change


• 8: Lectometry step by step


• Part V. Lectometric explorations


• 9: Dimensions of standardization


• 10: Pluricentricity from a quantitative point of view


• Conclusions


• Software resources


• References


• Index

About the author

Dirk Geeraerts, Dirk Speelman, Kris Heylen, Mariana Montes, Stefano De Pascale, Karlien Franco, and Michael Lang are members of the Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (QLVL) research team at the University of Leuven. They collaborated on the Nephological Semantics research project, which continued QLVL's long-standing research line on semantic and lexical variation from a cognitive sociolinguistic point of view.

Summary

This book introduces a systematic framework for understanding and investigating lexical variation, using a distributional semantics approach. It presents a comprehensive model of lexical and semantic variation, and uses case studies of Dutch and Spanish to illustrate both the advantages and disadvantages of a distributional methodology approach.

Product details

• Authors: Stefano de Pascale, Karlien Franco, Dirk Geeraerts, Dirk (University of Leuven) Speelman Geeraerts, Geeraerts Dirk, Kris Heylen, Heylen Kris, Michael Lang, Lang Michael, Mariana Montes, Dirk Speelman, Speelman Dirk
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9780198890676
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889067-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Spanish, Dutch, Historical & comparative linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Historical and comparative linguistics, Semantics & pragmatics