Dear list-members?
It seems to me that it is difficult to abandon terms that have been cherished for a long time. When I argue in a scholarly context, I often get the question: "Can you give an example?" It is often easier to grasp ideas by looking at them from a practical point of view, how they work. So allow me to ask a few questions regarding the term "lexical meaning," which often is used without being adequately defined, and often being used in a wrong way, in my view. In order to test my claim "that 'lexical meaning' cannot be expressed in writing or in speech, it must be known (except with very simple words),' I ask a few questions.
First I use the translational setting: Expressed in English, what is the "lexical meaning" of the nouns NP$ and XSD and the verb $LM?
(a ) */Events /*: /Description B1 /
*noun * = attitude of commitment towards fulfilling one's obligations; these may be obligations defined within the context of a covenant or agreement, or moral obligations to do well to someone who did well to you before; ST people, deities
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(b ) */Events /*: /Description B2 /
*hithp. * = to act in accordance to [a]; AG people, deities
*...* <http://ubs-translations.org/sdbh/cgi-bin/vocabula/ref.pl?10,22,26,2;19,18,26,2;>
(c ) */Events > Objects /*: /Description B2 /
*adjective * = someone who practices חֶסֶד, who is committed towards fulfilling his/her obligations; these may be obligations defined within the context of a covenant or agreement, or moral obligations to do well to someone who did well to you before; AG people, deities
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(d ) */Events /*: /Description B2 /
*noun * = to bring disgrace upon oneself; AG people
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(e ) */Events /*: /Description B3 /
*pi. * = to cause someone else to experience a feeling of shame; ST people; CA people
*...* <http://ubs-translations.org/sdbh/cgi-bin/vocabula/ref.pl?20,25,10,1;>
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Can the "lexical meaning" in each case be expressed with one word, ...
... or must the "lexical meaning" be expressed with several different words in each case? Or can it be that the "lexical meaning" cannot be expressed by words at all, because it is tied to a concept in the minds of living people?
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