On 20/11/2003 13:21, furuli AT online.no wrote:<snip>
> Dear list-members?
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> 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.
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> First I use the translational setting: Expressed in English, what is > the "lexical meaning" of the nouns NP$ and XSD and the verb $LM?
Well, if you want to see how Reinier de Blois has dealt with XSD and are talking about "lexical meaning" as he defined it, see the entry XSD at http://www.ubs-translations.org/sdbh/vocabula/ (which covers het only). Here is an extract, covering the verb, the noun, and the adjective XASIYD with five different lexical meanings:
> (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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> ...
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> (b ) */Events /*: /Description B2 /
> *hithp. * = to act in accordance to [a]; AG people, deities
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> *...* > <http://ubs-translations.org/sdbh/cgi-bin/vocabula/ref.pl?10,22,26,2;19,18,26,2;>
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> (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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> ...
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> (d ) */Events /*: /Description B2 /
> *noun * = to bring disgrace upon oneself; AG people
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> ...
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> (e ) */Events /*: /Description B3 /
> *pi. * = to cause someone else to experience a feeling of shame; ST > people; CA people
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> *...* > <http://ubs-translations.org/sdbh/cgi-bin/vocabula/ref.pl?20,25,10,1;>
I have omitted the intervening parts which describe contextual "meanings" or use.
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