Carston, R;
(2019)
Ad Hoc Concepts, Polysemy and the Lexicon.
In: Scott, K and Clark, B and Carston, R, (eds.)
Relevance, Pragmatics and Interpretation.
(pp. 150-162).
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
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Abstract
Robyn Carston discusses the relevance-based on-line construction of ad hoc concepts (or occasion-specific senses), which she takes to be the source of much semantic polysemy (where words are stored with a cluster of related senses). In an attempt to give a full account of polysemy, one that marries the pragmatics of word meaning with the demands of grammar, Carston advocates a split view of the lexicon, with one part narrowly linguistic and computational, and the other an ever-evolving store of communicational units.
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