Conceptual Similarity and Communicative Need Shape Colexification: An Experimental Study
Colexification refers to the phenomenon of multiple meanings sharing one word in a language. Cross-linguistic lexification patterns have been shown to be largely predictable, as similar concepts are often colexified. We test a recent claim that, beyond this general tendency, communicative needs play...
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John Wiley and Sons Inc
2021
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