Semantic Meanderings of Queen in Lexicographic Perspective

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  • Anna Stachurska University of Technology and Humanities in Radom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15584/sar.2018.15.2.12

Keywords:

lexicography, dictionary, label, usage, diasystematic information

Abstract

A lexeme typically conveys a variety of senses. This depends on its actual semantic structure, involves presupposed meanings as well as embraces conversational and situational implicatures. The meaning of a lexeme is also determinated by the context, the situation of its use and the knowledge of the user of a particular language. Hence, the information provided by a particular work of reference is twofold in its nature - semantic and pragmatic. Accordingly, the main objective of the paper is to investigate the semantics and usage value of the lexical item QUEEN throughout the development of the English language.

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2018-12-15

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Stachurska, A. (2018). Semantic Meanderings of Queen in Lexicographic Perspective. Studia Anglica Resoviensia, 15(2), 171–180. https://doi.org/10.15584/sar.2018.15.2.12

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2018)

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