Concept features in lexical dialectometry. KU Leuven
There are many words for the concept “death”, like die, pass away, or go the way of all flesh, but few for the concept “birth”. For linguists, a simple observation of this kind this raises two major questions. First, what type of concepts exhibit this variety? In the example, negative emotions seem to play a role, but what other features could have the same effect? Could it be e.g. that concepts from a contemporary, global ...