scholarly journals Observations regarding the lexical content at the beginnings of structural semantics

Diacronia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinu Moscal
Keyword(s):  
Second Stage ◽  
Diachronic Analysis ◽  
Lexical Field ◽  
Structural Semantics ◽  
Lexical Content ◽  
Lexical Fields

This study focuses on the difficulties noted by a series of German lexicologists at the beginnings of structural semantics as part of their attempt to identify a possible method of organizing the lexis of a language. Their studies, beginning with Jost Trier, focused on the analysis of certain lexical groups called Wortfelder (“lexical fields”), regarded as parts of a completely organized lexis. Their idealistic perception—according to which the whole lexis of a language has an inner organization that needs to be discovered—was confronted with some major issues. Our first observation, based on some examples from the lexis, reveals the fact that certain words cannot be classified as belonging to a specific lexical field. Another observation is related to the semantic continuum of the lexical field, which is compared in some works with the image of a mosaic. These issues are detailed by the argumentations of the German lexicologists, whose research was based on a diachronic analysis of the lexis. Their views were exploited in the second stage of the theorization of lexical fields.

scholarly journals The Adversary or the Devil?: Semantic Analysis of Wiþer-Nouns in Old English

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-137
Author(s):  
Marta Sylwanowicz ◽  
Anna Wojtyś
Keyword(s):  
Middle English ◽  
Old English ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Evil Spirit ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Diachronic Analysis ◽  
Early English ◽  
Lexical Field ◽  
The Devil

Abstract The examination of Old and Middle English religious lexis has attracted attention of many scholars. However, there are hardly any studies that would offer a comprehensive diachronic analysis of the terms denoting ‘Satan/(the)Devil’. The authors of the present study aim to fill this gap by conducting a systematic analysis of early English lexical field of ‘(the) evil spirit’, beginning with the analysis of Old English items that could potentially refer to ‘Satan/(the)Devil’ This paper discusses wiþer-nouns in Old English with the aim to verify which of them were applied with reference to ‘(the) evil spirit’. Thus, the texts compiled in the Dictionary of Old English Corpus have been searched for all the above-listed items. The identification of their uses has allowed us not only to determine the frequency of the words in question but also to specify whether the sense of ‘(the) evil spirit’ was core or peripheral for each lexeme.

scholarly journals Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of Saudi Vision 2030

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashid Mahmood Mohammad ◽  
Ali Ayed Alshahrani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Second Person ◽  
Vision 2030 ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Lexical Field ◽  
Lexical Fields ◽  
Core Issues

Saudi Vision 2030 is a plan to steer the country towards prosperity through diversified economy, better government services and conducive environment for all to thrive. The study of wordlists, keyword lists, collocation analyses, identification of core issues on the basis of lexical fields and their reflection in 2018 English newspapers in Saudi Arabia qualifies the corpus-assisted present study for Critical Discourse Analysis. The corpora of 4.3 million words and 2.0 million words from the English Newspapers in Saudi Arabia published in 2013 and 2018 respectively have been compiled for the study. Saudi Vision 2030 has been treated as a specialized corpus to get frequency lists and collocations. The analyses identified the extraordinary use of second person plural pronoun ‘we’ ‘our’, modal auxiliary ‘will’ etc.; such explorations paved the way for entry into more qualitative investigations. On the basis keyword lists, key issues have been identified in all three corpora. Some key issues including the largest lexical field in newspaper corpora viz. ‘Security’ has been found missing in the said vision. The present study aims to bring forth a fresh insight into Saudi Vision 2030 and to advocate the corpus-assisted methodology for critical discourse analysis.

scholarly journals Insights into Lexico-Semantic Fields of Romanian Editorial-Polygraphic Terms

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Svetlana Calaraş ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Field ◽  
Grammatical Category ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Semantic Relationships ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
Semantic Fields ◽  
Grammatical Categories ◽  
Lexical Field ◽  
Structural Semantics ◽  
Constituent Elements

Due to the dynamic nature of the vocabulary, we can argue that any lexico-semantic field can be unlimited, has no rigid boundaries, which leads to difficulties in establishing semantic relationships between the constituent units of a semantic field, and the second problem arising from this phenomenon would be the establishment of the inventory of a semantic field. Thus, the system that is the objective of our research consists of the units of "inventory" (terms) and the relationships between its constituent elements, and the fluctuation of the boundaries of a semantic field that leads to difficulties in the limiting it and in the rigorous composition of the inventory semantically. Not all words in the vocabulary can be grouped into lexico-semantic fields, only those that are organized and stable. A semantic field also corresponds to a certain grammatical category - gender, number, time, aspect, mode, etc., and the oppositions between the members of a lexical-semantic field correspond to the oppositions of their grammatical categories. Therefore, in order to practically approach the structuring of a lexico-semantic field, a theoretical and methodological incursion in structural semantics is absolutely necessary. We consider that the reflections regarding the concept of lexical field are absolutely fundamental in order to be able to try to structure such linguistic fields in a certain field, in our case - in the editorial-polygraphic field.

scholarly journals Notions, Nuances And Connotations Of Idioms With Names Of Fruit And Vegetables In Albanian

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harallamb Miconi
Keyword(s):  
Special Interest ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Lexical Field ◽  
Lexical Content

The purpose of this study is to show that the lexical field with names of fruit and vegetables in Albanian is of special interest for the field of phraseology as well. Thanks to fruit and vegetables and the names of this field, man can create a language of reason and express their attitude to reality. In this study we mainly focused on the nuances and connotations of these idioms as lexical content elements that make the meaning expressed by an idiom distinct from the meaning expressed by an one-word equivalent. Our conclusion is that the observed nuances are negative, such as the idea of futility, evil, rush, etc., while as far as connotations are concerned, most of them are negative, such as the connotation of disregard, irony, derision, etc., but there is also a positive connotation, such as the connotation of admiration. Regarding the nature of the properties and actions that idioms express, 85% of them characterize man, that is, they have an anthropocentric nature. 

Altered Fine Structure of B Lymphocytes Correlated with Defective Terminal Differentiation

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 386-387
Author(s):  
Dale E. Bockman ◽  
L. Y. Frank Wu ◽  
Alexander R. Lawton ◽  
Max D. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Immune Deficiency ◽  
B Lymphocytes ◽  
Plasma Cells ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Terminal Differentiation ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Deficiency Diseases ◽  
Cell Line Generation

B-lymphocytes normally synthesize small amounts of immunoglobulin, some of which is incorporated into the cell membrane where it serves as receptor of antigen. These cells, on contact with specific antigen, proliferate and differentiate to plasma cells which synthesize and secrete large quantities of immunoglobulin. The two stages of differentiation of this cell line (generation of B-lymphocytes and antigen-driven maturation to plasma cells) are clearly separable during ontogeny and in some immune deficiency diseases. The present report describes morphologic aberrations of B-lymphocytes in two diseases in which second stage differentiation is defective.

Cryomicroscopy of multiphase latices

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 1060-1061
Author(s):  
O. L. Shaffer ◽  
M.S. El-Aasser ◽  
C. L. Zhao ◽  
M. A. Winnik ◽  
R. R. Shivers
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Particle Morphology ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Important Approach ◽  
Carbon Coated ◽  
Preparation Techniques

Transmission electron microscopy is an important approach to the characterization of the morphology of multiphase latices. Various sample preparation techniques have been applied to multiphase latices such as OsO4, RuO4 and CsOH stains to distinguish the polymer phases or domains. Radiation damage by an electron beam of latices imbedded in ice has also been used as a technique to study particle morphology. Further studies have been developed in the use of freeze-fracture and the effect of differential radiation damage at liquid nitrogen temperatures of the latex particles embedded in ice and not embedded.Two different series of two-stage latices were prepared with (1) a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) seed and poly(styrene) (PS) second stage; (2) a PS seed and PMMA second stage. Both series have varying amounts of second-stage monomer which was added to the seed latex semicontinuously. A drop of diluted latex was placed on a 200-mesh Formvar-carbon coated copper grid.

Observations on the growth of barium bismuth oxide thin films

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-77
Author(s):  
M G. Norton ◽  
E.S. Hellman ◽  
E.H. Hartford ◽  
C.B. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Substrate Temperature ◽  
Deposition Process ◽  
Nucleation Layer ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Device Applications ◽  
High Transition ◽  
Substrate Temperatures ◽  
Oriented Material ◽  
Barium Bismuth ◽  
Superconductor Device

The bismuthates (for example, Ba1-xKxBiO3) represent a class of high transition temperature superconductors. The lack of anisotropy and the long coherence length of the bismuthates makes them technologically interesting for superconductor device applications. To obtain (100) oriented Ba1-xKxBiO3 films on (100) oriented MgO, a two-stage deposition process is utilized. In the first stage the films are nucleated at higher substrate temperatures, without the potassium. This process appears to facilitate the formation of the perovskite (100) orientation on (100) MgO. This nucleation layer is typically between 10 and 50 nm thick. In the second stage, the substrate temperature is reduced and the Ba1-xKxBiO3 is grown. Continued growth of (100) oriented material is possible at the lower substrate temperature.

Second stage of labor in the age of epidural anesthesia

1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 171A-171A
Author(s):  
E XENAKIS ◽  
J PIPER ◽  
M MCFARLAND ◽  
C SUITER ◽  
O LANGER
Keyword(s):  
Epidural Anesthesia ◽  
Second Stage Of Labor ◽  
Second Stage
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