DIZIONARIO GENERALE PLURILINGUE
DEL LESSICO METALINGUISTICO



Lemmalexical extension
Categoria grammaticaleN
Linguainglese
SiglaLevin (2004)
TitoloAPPROACHES TO LEXICAL SEMANTIC REPRESENTATION
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The process of lexical extension involves the ability of a verb belonging to one semantic class to take on an extended use as a verb belonging to a second existing class. The second use generally denotes an action that is in some way related to the action denoted by the first.
- Levin (2004), Pag. 317