Norrick Neal R. Semiotic Principles in Semantic Theory

John Benjamins, 1981. — xiii, 252 pages. — (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory). — ISSN: 0304-0763; ISBN: 90-272-3513-9.This study represents a contribution to the theory of meaning in natural language. It proposes a semantic theory containing a set of regular relational principles. These principles enable semantic theory to describe connections from the lexical reading of a word to its figurative contextual reading, from one variant reading of a polysemous lexical item to another, from the idiomatic to its literal reading or to the literal reading(s) of one or more of its component lexical items. Semiotic theory provides a foundation by supplying principles defining motivated expression-content relations for signs generally. The author argues that regular semantic relational principles must dervive from such semiotic principles, to ensures the psychological reality and generality of the semantic principles.Regular Relations in Semantic Theory
The Current State of Linguistic Semantics
The Need for Regular Relational Principles in Semantics
An Integrated Theory of Semantic Relations
The Semiotic Basis of Semantic RegularityMotivation in Semiotics
Principles of Motivation
The Iconic Code
The Indexical Code
Regular Semantic RelationsPrinciples of Motivation and Semantic Regularity
Regular Semantic Relational Principles
Regular Relational Principles in Semantic Theory
The Problem of PolysemyDefining 'Polysemy'
Lexical Polysemy and Derived Polysemy
Current Proposals concerning Polysemy
Comments on Feature Transfer
Derived PolysemyAnomaly and Selection
Lexical Readings
Regular Relational Principles in Interpretive Semantic Theory
The LexiconSemantic Classes and Relations in the Lexicon
Semantic Classes and Lexical Readings
Regular Relational Principles and the Lexicon
Via-rules in the Lexicon
Lexical Polysemy
Remarks on Lexicalization
Motivation in Complex UnitsComplex Units
Complex Units and Motivation
Via-rules and Motivation in Complex Units
Stock Phrases in Semantic Interpretation
Extra - Linguistic Information in Semantic RelationsThe Role of Extra-linguistic Information in the Establishment of Semantic Relations
Extra-linguistic Information
Poetic FiguresSimple Replacement
Pointing Formulae
The Copula Link
The Make Link
The Genetive Link
Verb Metaphor
Adjective Metaphor