(2017) NSM and lexicography

Published on December 17, 2017. Last updated on March 14, 2019.

Goddard, Cliff (2017). Natural Semantic Metalanguage and lexicography. In Patrick Hanks, & Gilles-Maurice de Schryver (Eds.), International handbook of modern lexis and lexicography (online). Berlin: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45369-4_14-1

Abstract:

This chapter gives perspectives on meaning description in lexicography from the standpoint of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach to linguistics, which among contemporary approaches to linguistics can claim the longest and most serious engagement with lexical semantics.

Note:

The Handbook is classified as a “Living Reference Work”, which means it is being continously updated. It was first published in 2017.

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