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Article: Connectivity and indirect connection in English.(Linguistics)
- Article from:
- Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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ABSTRACT
Two semantic notions are defined and illustrated: connectivity, which is the optional insertion of the semantic element 'part' to expand a noun on which it leans, and indirect connection, which is a connection of a noun on the one hand and an adjective or a verb on the other with certain semantic material added. This is an effect of the extension of a noun slot within an adjectival or verbal definition, where definition virtually stands for a representation of mental storage of a lexeme (or morpheme) as a part of language system.
Motivation suggests itself in both cases; if a noun means 'part', it behaves as a semantically (although not ...