Reconstruction of Lexical Meaning and its Description in the Old Czech Dictionary. Cover Image

Rekonstrukce lexikálního významu a jeho popis v Staročeském slovníku
Reconstruction of Lexical Meaning and its Description in the Old Czech Dictionary.

Author(s): Igor Němec
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Linguistics. Lexical unit. Semantic components. Formal-semantic categories.

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of Old Czech vocabulary, the author presents his conception of lexicological reconstruction and lexicographical description of lexical units in an incompletely documented language. The relevant semantic components ("semes") of a given lexical unit are identified primarily through comparison with more completely attested units across all relevant lexical categories ("lexical subsystems"), which are defined both formally and semantically. The unit under investigation belongs to individual categories by virtue of carrying specific integrative features of those categories.

  • Issue Year: 35/2000
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 115-123
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Slovak
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