This talk by Elisabetta Ježek presents linguistic evidence why we need a context-sensitive model of lexical semantics to account for how lexical information, cognitive knowledge, pragmatic inference ...

Lexical semantics can be defined as ‘the study of meaning’, therefore semanticists are interested in the lexical meaning of words rather than grammatical meaning. It is not so much a practical topic ...

Please register by Sunday 10th of February, so we can order coffee and refreshments: https://goo. gl/forms/llnsYZIbxfybYSZi2. Attendance is free. The workshop will take place on Feb 18/02/2019 from 13 ...

It’s a very satisfying thing to learn that there’s a word for an experience you didn’t know could be described by a word. Learning that, for example, clinomania is an “excessive desire to stay in bed” ...

Modern lexicography and semantics have evolved into an interdisciplinary field that integrates traditional dictionary compilation with cognitive linguistic theories and computational methodologies.

This page introduces a new way of exploring lexical semantics in Akkadian. Team 1 of the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires (ANEE) has created a lexical portal that functions as a ...