Reinier de Blois following J.P.Louw** draws a distinction between lexical
and contextual semantic domains:
----Quote***
In an article written in 1991, Louw makes a distinction between lexical and
contextual meaning. According to him, the former deals with those aspects of
meaning that a word "contributes in and of itself," whereas the latter deals
with the information provided by the utterance in which that word occurs
"involving the circumstances of and the objects referred to in a specific
context in terms of its usage in such a context along with other words or
phrases contributing to the context."
----end quote
Does anyone who has taken a serious look at this issue have any reservations
about developing a Hebrew dictionary which is structured around this
distinction?
greetings,
Clay Bartholomew
**Louw, J.P. 1991. "How Do Words Mean - If They Do?". In: FilologĂa
Neotestamentaria 4:125-142.
***TOWARDS A NEW DICTIONARY OF BIBLICAL HEBREW BASED ON SEMANTIC DOMAINS
Reinier de Blois
United Bible Societies
Woerden (Utr.), The Netherlands
*A SEMANTIC DICTIONARY OF BIBLICAL HEBREW
by Reinier de Blois
AFRETCON BAGAMOYO 2002, section 4.1
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