Sentence examples for lexical fields from inspiring English sources

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So the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis falls, but the notion of lexical fields makes a lot of sense.

Certain lexical fields that reflect the acquisition of the Mediterranean culture show an independent terminology.

This study is a prolegomenon to a formal theory of the natural growth of conceptual and lexical fields.

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Linguists have called the semantic space words occupy a "lexical field".

Halton knows a fair few languages, but her lexical field is limited to profanities.

For example, the colour terms in particular languages constitute a lexical field, and the meaning of each term depends upon the place it occupies in the field.

This implies, on one hand that the item is part of the lexical field of the subject, on the other hand is considered, by him, as an example of the submitted category.

The structuralist takes the view that the meaning of a word is a function of the relationships it contracts with other words in a particular lexical field, or subsystem, and that it cannot be adequately described except in terms of these relationships.

On the other, we have a group of theories aligning with the relational approach originated by lexical field theory and relational semantics.

Like in "Redonne-moi", the lyrics use the lexical field of a "ghost which haunts the singer's mind", include some references to religion and the neologism enténèbrement.

Diction - Talk about the lexical field.

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