Preface
Author's preface
SECTION I
Survey
1 Words and meanings
Words, words, words
Multiple meaning
Meaningful relations
Set sentences
Components of meaning
Summary
2 Word-formation
Lexicalization
Productivity
Prefixes
Suffixes
Conversion
Compounds
Winners and losers
3 Multiple meaning
Polysemy and homonymy
Testing for meanings
Specialization of meaning
Metaphor
Classes of metaphors
Metonymy
Creativity and slang
4 Meaningful relations
Pairs and groupings: synonymy
Pairs and groupings: ranks
Binary contrasts: antonyms
Binary contrasts: complementaries
Binary contrasts: converses
Groupings: hyponymy
Groupings: non-branching hierarchies
5 Set phrases
Set phrases and set sentences
Collocations
Idioms
Proverbs, catchwords, and formulae
Set phrases and creativity
6 Components of meaning
Componential analysis
Marked and unmarked
Some advantages of a componential approach
Denotation and connotation
7 Semantics and the dictionary
Grammatical and lexical items
Complex words
Multiple meaning
Meaningful relations
Componential analysis
Phraseology
Conclusions
SECTION Z
Readings
SECTION 3
References
SECTION 4
Glossary
Acknowledgements
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