Les ‘mots en bl-’ du lexique anglais : étude de la structuration des données dans une optique lexico-cognitive
In this paper, I explore the class of English lexical items beginning with bl-. My objective is twofold: firstly, I present the hypothesis that the phonological invariance of this heuristically-formed class corresponds to a notional invariance within two important subsets of ‘bl- words’. I claim tha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2008-11-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/698 |
| Summary: | In this paper, I explore the class of English lexical items beginning with bl-. My objective is twofold: firstly, I present the hypothesis that the phonological invariance of this heuristically-formed class corresponds to a notional invariance within two important subsets of ‘bl- words’. I claim that this notional invariance may be traced back to mental representations whose underlying source is the <CONTAINER> schema (Lakoff & Johnson). Secondly, I consider the part played by aspect in the data provided by the entries for ‘bl- words’ in two dictionaries, the Oxford English Dictionary and the English Dialect Dictionary. |
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| ISSN: | 1951-6215 |