On the polysemy of help
The verb help is highly polysemous and some of its meanings even seem contradictory. In order to try and understand how this polysemy came into being, I propose a look back at examples from the early modern period onwards, so as to trace the link that unites each secondary meaning with the original...
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doaj-1d051d95dfbc4d20bfdd1b3a449a9a152020-11-25T00:32:06ZengUniversité Jean Moulin - Lyon 3Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology1951-62152015-05-01910.4000/lexis.943On the polysemy of helpMathilde PinsonThe verb help is highly polysemous and some of its meanings even seem contradictory. In order to try and understand how this polysemy came into being, I propose a look back at examples from the early modern period onwards, so as to trace the link that unites each secondary meaning with the original meaning of help. These observations are compiled in a synthetical table and a graph, which show how a limited range of semantic features and syntactic structures interact to generate meaning.http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/943polysemysemantic shiftlexicalisationgrammaticalisation |
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The verb help is highly polysemous and some of its meanings even seem contradictory. In order to try and understand how this polysemy came into being, I propose a look back at examples from the early modern period onwards, so as to trace the link that unites each secondary meaning with the original meaning of help. These observations are compiled in a synthetical table and a graph, which show how a limited range of semantic features and syntactic structures interact to generate meaning. |
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