SEMIOTIC PRINCIPLES IN SEMANTIC THEORY -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Dedication -- PREFACE -- Table of contents -- 0. INTRODUCTION -- 1. REGULARRELATIONSIN SEMANTIC THEORY -- 1.1 The Current State of Linguistic Semantics -- 1.2 The Need for Regular Relational Principles in Semantics -- 1.2.1 The Interpretation of Lexical Items in Contexts -- 1.2.2 The Lexicon -- 1.2.3 Motivation in Morphologically Complex Units -- 1.3 An Integrated Theory of Semantic Relations -- 2. THE SEMIOTIC BASIS OF SEMANTIC REGULARITY -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Motivation in Semiotics -- 2.2 Principies of Motivation -- 2.2.1 The Principles -- ICONIC CODE -- INDEXICAL CODE -- 2.2.2 Testing the Principles -- 2.3 The Iconic Code -- 2.3.1 Model and Object -- 2.3.2 Classes, Class Membership and Features -- 2.3.2.1 Specific-Generic -- 2.3.2.2 Specific Case-General Rule -- 2.3.2.3 Object-Feature -- 2.3.2.4 Class Member x-Class Member y -- 2.4 The Indexical Code -- 2.4.1 Cause and Effect -- 2.4.1.1 Cause-Effect -- 2.4.1.2 Producer-Product -- 2.4.1.3 Natural Source-Natural Product -- 2.4.1.4 Instrument-Product -- 2.4.2 Acts and Major Participants -- 2.4.2.1 Object-Act -- 2.4.2.2 Instrument-Act -- 2.4.2.3 Agent-Act -- 2.4.2.4 Agent-Instrument -- 2.4.3 Part and Whole -- 2.4.3.1 Part-Whole -- 2.4.3.2 Act- Complex Act -- 2.4.3.3 Central Factor-Institution -- 2.4.4 Container and Content -- 2.4.4.1 Container-Content -- 2.4.4.2 Locality-Occupant -- 2.4.4.3 Costume- Wearer -- 2.4.5 Experience and Convention -- 2.4.5.1 Experience- Convention -- 2.4.5.2 Manifestation- Definition -- 2.4.6 Possessor and Possession -- 2.4.6.1 Possessor-Possession -- 2.4.6.2 Office Bolder- Office -- 3. REGULAR SEMANTIC RELATIONS -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Principles of Motivation and Semantic Regularity -- 3.2 Regular Semantic Relational -- 3.2.1 Metaphorie Relational Principles.

3.2.1.1 Metaphorie Principle 1 -- 3.2.1.2 Metaphorie Principle 2 -- 3.2.1.3 Metaphorie Principle 3 -- 3.2.1.4 Metaphoric Principle 4 -- 3.2.1.5 Metaphoric Principle 5 -- 3.2.2 Metonymic Relational Principles -- 3.2.2.1 Metonymie Principle 1 -- 3.2.2.2 Metonymic Principle 2 -- 3.2.2.3 Metonymie Principle 3 -- 3.2.2.4 Metonymie Principle 4 -- 3.2.2.5 Metonymic Principle 5 -- 3.2.2.6 Metonymic Principle 6 -- 3.2.2.7 Metonymie Principle 7 -- 3.2.2.8 Metonymic Principle 8 -- 3.2.2.9 Metonymie Principle 9 -- 3.2.2.10 Metonymie Principle 10 -- 3.2.2.11 Metonymic Principle 11 -- 3.2.2.12 Metonymic Principle 12 -- 3.2.2.13 Metonymic Principle 13 -- 3.2.2.14 Metonymie Principle 14 -- 3.2.2.15 Metonymic Principle 15 -- 3.2.2.16 Metonymic Principle 16 -- 3.2.2.17 Metonymic Principle 17 -- 3.2.2.18 Metonymic Principle 18 -- 3.3 Regular Relational Principles in Semantic Theory -- 3.3.1 Comments on Semantic Theory -- 3.3.2 The Role of Semantic Relational Principles -- 4. THE PROBLEM OF POLYSEMY -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 Defining 'Polysemy ' -- 4.1.1 Polysemy and Ambiguity -- 4.1.2 Polysemy versus Vagueness, Generality and Depletion -- 4.1.3 Testing for Multiplicity of Meaning -- 4.1.4 Polysemy and Homophony -- 4.1.4.1 Homophony, Homography, Homonymy -- 4.1.4.2 Polysemy versus Homophony -- 4.2 Lexical Polysemy and Derived Polysemy -- 4.3 Current Proposals concerning Polysemy -- 4.3.1 Proposals concerning Lexical Polysemy -- 4.3.2 Proposals concerning Derived Polysemy -- 4.4 Comments on Feature Transfer -- 5. DERIVED POLYSEMY -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Anomaly and Selection -- 5.2 Lexical Readings -- 5.3 Regular Relational Principles in Interpretive Semantic Theory -- 6. THE LEXICON -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 Semantic Classes and Relations in the Lexicon -- 6.2 Semantic Classes and Lexical Readings -- 6.3 Regular Relational Principies and the Lexicon.

6.4 Via-rules in the Lexicon -- 6.5 Lexical Polysemy -- 6.6 Remarks on Lexicalization -- 7. MOTIVATION IN COMPLEX UNITS -- 7.0. Introduction -- 7.1. Complex Units -- 7.2. Complex Units and Motivation -- 7.3. Vía- rules and Motivation in Complex Units -- 7.3.1. Componential Motivation -- 7.3.1.1. Componential Motivation in Compounds -- 7.3.1.2. Componential Motivation in Stock Phrases -- 7.3.2. Composite Motivation -- 7.3.2.1. Composite Motivation in Compounds -- 7.3.2.2 Composite Motivation in Stock Phrases -- 7.3.3 Classifying Complex Units -- 7.4 Stock Phrases in Semantic Interpretation -- 8. EXTRA-LINGUISTIC INFORMATION IN SEMANTIC RELATIONS -- 8.0 Introduction -- 8.1 The Role of Extra-linguistic Information in the Establishment of Semantic Relations -- 8.2 Extra-linguistic Information -- 8.2.1 Etymological Information -- 8.2.2 Historical Information -- 8.2.3 Object Specific Information -- 8.2.4 Pragmatic Information -- 9. POETIC FIGURES -- 9.0 Introduction -- 9.1 Simple Replacement -- 9.2 Pointing Formulae -- 9.3 The Copula Link -- 9.4 The Make Link -- 9.5 The Genetive Link -- 9.5.1 The Three- term Formula -- 9.5.2 The Two-term Formula -- 9.6 Verb Metaphor -- 9.7 Adjective Metaphor -- 9.7.1 Metaphorically Interpreted Adjectives -- 9.7.2 Transferred Adjectives -- 9.8 Summary -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Notes to Chapter 1 -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Notesto Chapter 4 -- Notes to Chapter 5 -- Notes to Chapter 6 -- Notes to Chapter 9 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDICES -- A. INDEX OF AUTHORS -- B. INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- C. INDEX OF REGULAR RELATIONAL PRINCIPLES -- Iconic- Metaphoric Priniciples -- Indexical-Metonymic Principles.