Russian Journal of LinguisticsRussian Journal of LinguisticsRussian Journal of Linguistics2687-00882686-8024Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2016510.22363/2312-9182-2018-22-4-788-820STUDIES IN CULTURAL SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICSКУЛЬТУРНАЯ СЕМАНТИКА И ПРАГМАТИКА文化语义学和语用学Research ArticleA Lexicographic Approach to the Study of Copolysemy RelationsЛексикографический подход к изучению кополисемических отношенийPolguèreAlainПольгерАленPhD in linguistics at the Université de Montréal (Montreal, Canada) on the semantics-syntax interface in computer text generation. After graduating, he began an academic career, first at the National University of Singapore (1991-1995), then at the Université de Montréal (1995-2010).Ален Польгер защитил докторскую диссертацию в Монреальском университете (Монреаль, Канада) по семантико-синтаксическому взаимодействию в создании компьютерных текстов. Академическую карьеру начал в Национальном университете Сингапура (1991-1995), затем работал в Монреальском университете (1995-2010).alain.polguere@univ-lorraine.frUniversité de Lorraine, CNRS, ATILFЛотарингский университет, CNRS, ATILF15122018224Studies in cultural semantics and pragmatics: for Anna Wierzbicka’s anniversaryКультурная семантика и прагматика: к юбилею Анны Вежбицкой78882020122018Copyright ©; 2018, Polguère A.Copyright ©; 2018, Польгер А.Copyright ©; 2018, Polguère A.2018Polguère A.Польгер А.Polguère A.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/20165The notion of lexical polysemy is considered under very different angles depending on the context in which it is called on, e.g. in theoretical lexicology, practical lexicography or so-called cognitive approaches to the lexicon. We adopt an approach where polysemy is defined as a property of vocables (roughly, entries in dictionary word lists): the property to regroup several word senses, monosemy being the opposite property. Polysemy is the consequence of a more basic fact: the relation that holds between lexical units grouped within the same vocable. This relation we term copolysemy . The notion of copolysemy is required to not only account for such a well-known phenomenon as regular polysemy, but also to model the polysemy structures of vocables and the incidence these structures may have on lexical dynamics, vocabulary acquisition, analogical reasoning based on lexical information, etc. As for many other aspects of lexicology, the study of copolysemy has to be anchored in a thorough analysis of lexical data. In this paper, we present the current results of an exploration of copolysemy in French, which allowed us to systematically retrieve patterns of copolysemy (on which we believe regular polysemy is built) and achieve formal description of the polysemy structure of several thousand French vocables. The descriptive work is embedded in a large-scale lexicographic project, namely the construction of the French Lexical Network (fr-LN). Though based on the study of the French lexicon, the approach to the modeling of polysemy presented here is expected to be applicable to natural languages in general.Понятие лексической полисемии рассматривается c разных точек зрения в теоретической лексикологии, практической лексикографии и при так называемом когнитивном подходе к изучению лексики. В данной статье полисемия определяется как свойство вокабулы (заглавного слова словарной статьи) объединять несколько значений слова, в то время как моносемия рассматривается как противоположное этому свойство. В основе полисемии лежат отношения между лексическими единицами в рамках одной вокабулы. Такие отношения мы называем кополисемией. В статье обосновывается необходимость изучения данного явления, подчеркивается, что понятие кополисемии важно не только для объяснения хорошо известного понятия регулярной полисемии, но и для моделирования полисемической структуры вокабул, понимания того, как эта структура влияет на изменения в лексике, освоение новой лексики и т. д. Изучение кополисемии должно основываться на тщательном изучении лексических данных. В данной статье мы представляем последние результаты исследования кополисемии во французском языке, которое позволило нам системно выявить модели кополисемии (на которых, как нам кажется, основана регулярная полисемия) и формально описать полисемические структуры нескольких тысяч французских вокабул. Эта практическая работа является частью широкомасштабного лексикографического проекта по созданию Французской лексической Сети (fr-LN). 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