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View article: The construction of emotional meaning in language
The construction of emotional meaning in language Open
The experience of emotion is a form of meaning-making: it reveals one's relationship to the circumstances. Often, the emphasis is on the emotions explicitly named or subjective feelings conveyed. In this perspective, we argue that psycholo…
View article: The construction of emotional meaning in language
The construction of emotional meaning in language Open
The experience of emotion is a form of meaning-making: it encapsulates one’s relationship to the circumstances. Certain concerns are put in focus; one sees oneself and events from a particular perspective; events are evaluated along a set …
View article: HARRIS, FIRTH, AND DISTRIBUTIONAL SEMANTICS
HARRIS, FIRTH, AND DISTRIBUTIONAL SEMANTICS Open
The direct influence of Zellig Harris and John R. Firth on present-day distributional corpus semantics is so limited that attributing a direct foundational role to them (as is often done in distributional semantic papers) is somewhat misle…
View article: The construction of emotional meaning in language
The construction of emotional meaning in language Open
The experience of emotion is a form of meaning-making: it encapsulates one’s relationship to the circumstances. Certain concerns are put in focus; one sees oneself and events from a particular perspective; events are evaluated along a set …
View article: The construction of emotional meaning in language
The construction of emotional meaning in language Open
The experience of emotion is a form of meaning-making: it encapsulates one’s relationship to the circumstances. Certain concerns are put in focus; one sees oneself and events from a particular perspective; events are evaluated along a set …
View article: Lexical Variation and Change
Lexical Variation and Change Open
Distributional semantics embodies the idea that the context in which a word occurs reveals the meaning of that word. In contemporary corpus linguistics, that idea takes shape in various types of quantitative context analysis. This monograp…
View article: What does it mean to wear a mask?
What does it mean to wear a mask? Open
If first-order empathy is the ability of Self to take into account Other’s point of view, then second-order empathy may be identified as the ability of Self to take into account Other’s point of view as including a view of Self. Considerin…
View article: A semantic analysis of the fire radical in chinese
A semantic analysis of the fire radical in chinese Open
Fire has played an essential role in human civilization. FIRE as such is not only a basic but also a crucial concept in human language, including Chinese. In Chinese, FIRE huǒ火 acts as an independent character that is often used as a radic…
View article: Construing factivity: mood alternations in epistemic contexts
Construing factivity: mood alternations in epistemic contexts Open
This paper argues that the semantic contrast between the European Portuguese indicative and subjunctive moods, in complement clauses introduced by epistemic verbs, is related to one of the most fundamental principles of Cognitive Grammar, …
View article: Analyzing lexical variation in regional varieties of Chinese: A concept-based approach
Analyzing lexical variation in regional varieties of Chinese: A concept-based approach Open
View article: Comparing standard language change dynamics in Flanders and Italy: Style-shifting in Flemish and Italian commercials
Comparing standard language change dynamics in Flanders and Italy: Style-shifting in Flemish and Italian commercials Open
View article: Style-shifting in Flemish TV and radio commercials: a diachronic study
Style-shifting in Flemish TV and radio commercials: a diachronic study Open
View article: The image of the monolingual dictionary across Europe. Results of the European Survey of Dictionary use and Culture
The image of the monolingual dictionary across Europe. Results of the European Survey of Dictionary use and Culture Open
The article presents the results of a survey on dictionary use in Europe, focusing on general monolingual dictionaries. The survey is the broadest survey of dictionary use to date, covering close to 10,000 dictionary users (and non-users) …
View article: Quantitative historical linguistics: A corpus framework by Gard B. Jenset and Barbara McGillivray
Quantitative historical linguistics: A corpus framework by Gard B. Jenset and Barbara McGillivray Open
Reviewed by: Quantitative historical linguistics: A corpus framework by Gard B. Jenset and Barbara McGillivray Dirk Geeraerts Quantitative historical linguistics: A corpus framework. By Gard B. Jenset and Barbara McGillivray. Oxford: Oxfor…
View article: The Image of the Monolingual Dictionary Across Europe. Results of the European Survey of Dictionary use and Culture
The Image of the Monolingual Dictionary Across Europe. Results of the European Survey of Dictionary use and Culture Open
The article presents the results of a survey on dictionary use in Europe, focusing on general monolingual dictionaries. The survey is the broadest survey of dictionary use to date, covering close to 10,000 dictionary users (and non-users) …
View article: One does not simply process memes: Image macros as multimodal constructions
One does not simply process memes: Image macros as multimodal constructions Open
This paper presents a Cognitive Linguistic analysis of image macros, a subgenre of Internet memes. Internet memes encompass all kinds of online objects that are copied and imitated, altered and modified, propagated and diffused by particip…
View article: Handouts - Ten Lectures on Cognitive Sociolinguistics
Handouts - Ten Lectures on Cognitive Sociolinguistics Open
Cognitive Sociolinguistics combines the interest in meaning of Cognitive Linguistics with the interest in social variation of sociolinguistics, converging on two domains of enquiry: variation of meaning, and the meaning of variation. These…
View article: The role of awareness in the measurement of language attitudes
The role of awareness in the measurement of language attitudes Open
In the linguistic tradition of attitude research, awareness has always been considered a key concept (Kristiansen 2010). Many linguists distinguish between overt/public/conscious and covert/private/unconscious attitudes. Language users are…
View article: The relational responding task (RRT): a novel approach to measuring social meaning of language variation
The relational responding task (RRT): a novel approach to measuring social meaning of language variation Open
Recently, sociolinguistic attitude research has adopted a number of new implicit attitude measures developed in social psychology. Especially the Implicit Association Test (IAT) has proven a successful new addition to the sociolinguist’s t…
View article: A lectometric definition of lexical destandardization
A lectometric definition of lexical destandardization Open
This paper argues that a lectometric approach may shed light on the distinction between destandardization and demotization, a pair of concepts that plays a key role in ongoing discussions about contemporary trends in standard languages. In…
View article: Handouts - Ten Lectures on Cognitive Sociolinguistics
Handouts - Ten Lectures on Cognitive Sociolinguistics Open
Cognitive Sociolinguistics combines the interest in meaning of Cognitive Linguistics with the interest in social variation of sociolinguistics, converging on two domains of enquiry: variation of meaning, and the meaning of variation. These…
View article: Exploring the potential of the Relational Responding Task (RRT) as a new approach to measuring the social meaning of language variation
Exploring the potential of the Relational Responding Task (RRT) as a new approach to measuring the social meaning of language variation Open
For decades, quantitative language attitude research has known little methodological innovation (Rosseel et al., forthcoming). Yet, in the last few years, linguists have started to overcome this deadlock and have turned towards social psyc…
View article: Heteronymy in dialect data: three case-studies on the influence of semantic concept features
Heteronymy in dialect data: three case-studies on the influence of semantic concept features Open
View article: Social Functional Linguistic Variation in Conversational Dutch
Social Functional Linguistic Variation in Conversational Dutch Open
This chapter presents a multi-dimensional analysis of functional linguistic variation across social groups in a corpus of conversational Dutch. Three dimensions were interpreted as representing the degrees of informational, narrative, and …
View article: Excusing my French/Latin/German. Modelling geographical and semantic structure in the use of loanwords in dialectal varieties of Dutch
Excusing my French/Latin/German. Modelling geographical and semantic structure in the use of loanwords in dialectal varieties of Dutch Open
View article: Exploring the Relational Responding Task (RRT) as a new measure of language attitudes
Exploring the Relational Responding Task (RRT) as a new measure of language attitudes Open
For decades, quantitative language attitude research has known little methodological innovation (Speelman et al. 2013). Yet, in the last few years, linguists have started to overcome this deadlock and have turned towards social psychology …
View article: The where and the when of loanword usage in dialectal varieties
The where and the when of loanword usage in dialectal varieties Open
View article: Botany meets lexicology. Correlating ecological distribution and dialectal variation
Botany meets lexicology. Correlating ecological distribution and dialectal variation Open
View article: Converging evidence for the influence of semantic features on lexical diversity and geographical heterogeneity
Converging evidence for the influence of semantic features on lexical diversity and geographical heterogeneity Open
View article: Tagungsankündigung / Conference Announcement
Tagungsankündigung / Conference Announcement Open