Distinguishing Polysemy from Contextual Variation in Terminological Definitions

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Distinguishing poysemy fom contextua vaiation in

terminological defnitions

Plar Le ArazAt Sa Mart

Univerity f Granaa

Abstact

i a ccept-ased termlgcal resrce, plsem, le ctextal varat, leads t

te creat f vars ccepts. hwever, te dstct etwee referetal dffereces tat d

ad d t reslt separate seses mst e accted fr. or evrmetal wledge ase

EcLexc, t l represets plsem t als ctextal varat. Ts as ee aceved

recceptalzg ctext-depedet prpsts sematc etwrs. i r apprac we fcs

te salece f cceptal prpsts wt dfferet dscple-reted referetal settgs.

Accordingly, contextual variation is represented at a microstructural level by means of exible

terminological denitions.

Key wods:polysemy, contextual variation, reconceptualization, terminological denitions.

resumen

La distincin entre polisemia y variacin contextual en la defnicin terminolgica

E calqer recrs termlgc, la plsema, a dfereca de la varac ctextal, cdcea la creac de vars ccepts. S emarg, es ecesar dar ceta de la dstc etre las

dferecas referecales qe da lgar a setds dstts las qe . Pr ell, estra ase

de ccmet medametal EcLexc represeta tat la plsema cm la varac

ctextal. Ell se lgr medate la recceptalzac de prpsces depedetes del

ctext e las redes semtcas. E estra aprxmac, s cetrams e la relevaca de

las prpsces cceptales e dferetes marcs referecales de acerd c el dm.

Asimismo, la variacin contextual se representa en el nivel microestructural mediante deniciones

terminolgicas exibles.

Paabas cave:polisemia, variacin contextual, reconceptualizacin, deniciones terminolgicas.


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i a ccept-ased termlgcal resrce, plsem, le ctextal varat,

smpl leads t te creat f vars ccept etres. hwever, te dstct etwee

referetal dffereces tat d ad d t reslt separate seses mst e accted fr(Geeraerts, 1993/2006: 147). i ts le, r evrmetal termlgcal wledge

ase (Tkb), EcLexc30, t l accts fr te tradtal represetat f

plsem, t als fr te represetat f ctextal varat. Ts as ee aceved

recceptalzg ctext-depedet prpsts sematc etwrs (Le

Araz, 2009; Le Araz & Faer 2010; Le Araz et a., press). neverteless, te

represetat f ctextal varat s crretl eg exteded t te mcrstrctral

level in the form of exible terminological denitions (San Martn, in press). Section 2

briey describes how semantic networks are reconceptualized in EcoLexicon. Section

3 ses te examples faccretion ad seDiMentation tdene the boundaries between

plsem ad ctextal varat.Fall, Sect 4 explas w recceptalzatcan be applied to terminological denitions.

reconceptuaizing Ecolexicon

Te evrmet s a terdscplar dma wc ccepts are fte

mltdmesal (kagera, 1997). hwever, all te dmess f a ccept are geerall

t actvated at te same tme, t are fte depedet ctext. Sets f ccepts frm

etreced cgtve rtes, wc facltate ter c-actvat. neverteless, eac

concept retains sufcient autonomy so that the activation of one does not necessarily entail

te actvat f te rest (Lagacer, 1987: 162). Ts s te case f certa ccepts scas Water (Fgre 1), wc s a classc example f frmat verlad EcLexc.

Figue 1. ifrmat verlad te sematc etwr fWater.

29 Ts researc was fded te Spas Mstr f Scece ad ivat (prject FFi2008-06080-C03-01/FiLo).

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overladed ccepts sare mltple relats wt ma ter ccepts, t te rarel, f

ever, actvate all relats at te same tme. Recceptalzat s ts ased prttpes

ad ctext. Prttpe ter (Rsc, 1978) as ee mal appled t categr memer

salece. hwever, r apprac we fcs te salece f cceptal prpsts

wt dfferet dscple-reted settgs r ctextal dmas (Fgre 2). Tsmeas tat ctext s regarded as a damc cstrct tat trggers r restrcts part f te

wledge asscated wt a ccept.

Figue 2. Ctextal dmas EcLexc.
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Gve te fact tat te ctext f a ccept s te set f ccepts relevat t ts teded

meag (Mcals, 1991), recceptalzg wledge terms f ctextal dmas

etals cstrag te relatal eavr f ccepts. Ts s de assgg eac

cceptal prpst t e r mre ctextal dmas. Fr example, te prpst

concretemae_fWater s l relevat t Cvl Egeerg. i ctrast, we Waters descred terms f ts atral teract wt te ladscape, ts s relevat t

Hydrogeology. When domain-specic contextual restrictions are applied, the information

verlad dsappears, as sw Fgre 3:

Figue 3. Te sematc etwr fWater te ctext f Cvl Egeerg.

i sc rectextalzat, te referetal extes f Water des t cage. it l

eaves dfferetl, depedg ts relats wt ter ccepts te real wrld. i

ter wrds, Water s stll Water eve tg t ca e fd te sea r a Water

treatMentPlant. Smlarl, Waters stll Waterwe t partcpates clouD frmat r

Desalination prcesses. Te ctextalzat f ccept-etres l dsamgates

te stat wc te ccept ma ccr, t ts des t mea tat we are dealg

wt dfferet seses f a plsemc term. Cseqetl, a ccept EcLexc

ca e dsplaed frm a geeral evrmetal perspectve r te ctext f dma-

specic constraints.

i cceptal mdelg, facets ad ctexts ca e estalsed accrdg t dfferet

crtera. hwever, EcLexc, a dscple-reted apprac was fd t e te

mst apprprate sce ccepts ma ave dfferet rles ad degrees f prmece

in different disciplines. Flexible denitions follow the same premises used in the

reconceptualization of semantic networks since they are the prototypical reection of such

networks. However, the way that multidimensionality should be reected in denitions

as stll t ee reslved (Meer et a., 1992). Firstly, denitions should only include

te mst prttpcal prpsts te sematc etwr f a ccept. Secdl,

the relevant denitional properties can only be extracted if there is a sufciently clear

dar etwee plsem ad ctextal varat.
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Distinguishing poysemy fom contextua vaiation: the cases of accetion

and sedimentation

accretion ad seDiMentation sare meag cmpets sce t are geerall

described as accumulation processes. Some general language resources dene accretionas a tpe f seDiMentation (1)31, wereas ter resrces, te tw terms seem t esms (2).32

neverteless, tese ccepts are ver dfferet. i fact, wt te evrmetal

dma, te seses faccretin var, depedg weter te term s sed Gelg,

Hydrometeorology, or Oceanography. Even though the specialized denitions of

accretin all sare te same clear meag, te actall refer t dfferet ccepts.

Fr stace, Meterlg, accretin refers to the process by which a snowake hits a

drp ad freezes wt te drp, wereas Gelg accretin s te addt f materal t

a tectc plate. Mrever, Gelg, especall Gelgcal oceagrap, accretin

s te lad ld-p cased sedmetat te srele.

hwever, A dictinary f Envirnment an Cnervatin (Calw, 1998) sggests tat

accretins msemc adattempts t clde sme f te ave-meted seses a single denition:

This is a fallacious extensional denition, which is evidence of the polysemic nature

f te term. b aalg, all tese prcesses sare te same clear meag r ges,

grwth by accumuatin, ad ave ee gve te same desgat, accretin. hwever,

ter dfferetatg featres r dfferetae pt t dfferet seses.

31 ttp://www.rdctar.cm/accret

32 http://oxforddictionaries.com/denition/accretion
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The reason why this dictionary has a single denition is probably that it is trying to cover

all evrmetal terms. Ts s wat EcLexc wses t avd sce termgrapers

eed t e attetve t tra-dma plsem, ad appl a mlt-dma apprac t

terms (Meer & Macts, 2000: 135). i te same le as EcLexc, A dictinary

f Ecgy (Alla, 2005) splts accretin t tree seses:

neverteless, example (4) stll attempts t ctextalze te clear meag faccretin

within the rather large domain of Ecology by using general denitional elements such as

an inorganic body and new particles. Needless to say, this denition is not helpful

t te ser w wses t derstad wat accretin meas a evrmetal ctext.

Ts dctar cmpletes te etr wt tw seses mal related t Gelg (5, 6), t

te drmeterlgcal sese f te term s mtted.

Te trd ccept desgated accretin (6) s fte mstae fr seDiMentation eve

tg te prcess f seDiMentation ccrs prevs t accretion. Geeral lagage

dictionaries tend to dene eimentatin as a msemc term, eter wt a ver geeraldenition33 (7, 8)34 r framg te ccept a gelgcal scear35 (9, 10)36:

33 ttp://www.macmlladctar.cm/dctar/amerca/sedmetat

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Even though specialized resources generally dene seDiMentation wt te ctext f

a frame, te d t csder te term t e plsemc eter. Te tedec s t gve

seDiMentationa geeral r aPhysics denition (11) or dene it in the context of Geology

(12) r Water Treatmet (13)37. Ver few cases were fd were t ctexts were

tae t acct (14)38.

Example (14) s e f te few cases tat were fd tat represeted t te ma

ctextal varats fseDiMentationad te permc/Pscs varat. i ts case,te termgraper seems t assme tat eimentatin s plsemc ad tat tere s

a permc sese frm wc l te gelgcal sese stems, t t te Water

Treatmet sese. neverteless, tere s apparet reas fr sc a dstct ecase

even if the denitional elements were more specic (i.e. waterssttted watewater),

te prcess descred wld e exactl te same.Separate seses lexcgrapc resrces pt t dfferet ccepts, t sese

dfferetat mst e de sstematcall. Ts was t te case te precedg

examples. In some of the denitions, the separate senses only refer to different uses of the

term, whereas other denitions are overly general. Therefore, in order to nd a systematic

dstct etwee plsem ad ctextal varat, we ave aalzed a crps f

denitions and classied their components in terms of the conceptual dimensions shown

Fgres 4 ad 5.

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Figue 4. Cceptal dmess accretin denitions.

Figue 5. Cceptal dmess eimentatin denitions.
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Sce t accretin ad eimentatin are prcesses, ter derlg strctre s

cmpsed f te same dmess (agent,patient, reut, ad catin). hwever, ter

vales cage, depedg te perspectve. o te vertcal axs, eac dmes sws

the different values and their hierarchical organization. For instance, some denitions

fseDiMentation state tat te affected ett r patientf ts prcess s soliDMatter,whereas in other denitions, the patients ParticlesinsusPension r susPenDeDseDiMents.All f tese ettes elg t te same categr, ad l dffer ter degree f

specicity. However, the denitional element is still the same. On the horizontal axis, the

vales f certa dmess var acrss ctextal dmas. Fr example, te agent f

accretion ma e a froZenParticle, a tectonicPlate, r a Wave. Tese ettes elg tdifferent categories, and thus their denitions have no shared elements.

Terefre, te varalt f cceptal dmess determes te dares f

cceptal dett. Fgre 4 sws tat te meags faccretin ave elemets

common. Only the denitions ofpatientad catin are relatvel smlar Gelgad Gelgcal oceagrap, gve te clse relat f te tw dmas. Cversel,

te case feimentatin, Fgre 5 sws tat all elemets are te same except tse wt

te rle fcatin, which is the dimension that codies contextual variation. However,

the process itself does not change since a change of location is not sufcient to generate a

ew ccept. Ts, seDiMentation as te same cceptal dett all ctexts.

Defnitional templates in EcoLexicon: stable and exible defnitions

The denitions of all concepts in EcoLexicon follow a template according to category

membership, which reect the conceptual structure in which they are inserted (Faberet a., 2007). As t accretion ad seDiMentation sw smlar cceptal dmess,

te sare te same template, caracterzed te relats i_a, affect, take_pace_in

ad reut_f.

Stable denitional templates: the case ofaccretion

i EcLexc, accrdg t te ave-meted dstcts, tree dfferet ccepts

desgated te term accretin were created:
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Figue 6. Stable denitions ofaccretion1, accretion

2anDaccretion

3

accretion1 elgs t te dma f hdrmeterlg, wereas accretion

2 ad

accretion3are t gelgcal ccepts. Te are te same acrss dscples. Terefre,

each has a single general environmental denition, which does not need to be further

ctextalzed

Flexible denitional templates: the case ofsedimentation

hwever, seDiMentation s a dfferet case. Eve f t s regarded as a sgle ccept, t

requires more than one denition. Therefore, EcoLexicon provides a exible denition

restrctg ts meag ptetal acrss dfferet ctextal dmas. nt l d

sematc relats var wrd sese, te als var ctext, regardless f sese

variation (Murphy, 2003: 30). Therefore, EcoLexicon combines exible denitions

(several denitions for one concept) with stable denitions (one denition per concept).

Frm all f te prpsts eac ctextal dma, l te mst relevat es are

represented in exible denitions. These propositions are activated in a hierarchical

strctre smlar t te erarc f ctextal dmas. i ter wrds, te prpsts

activated in the general denition will also be activated in the denitions of the

rectextalzed ccept.
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Figue 7. Hierarchical proposition inheritance in exible denitions.

For instance, in the general environmental denition of seDiMentation, te prpstseDiMentationaffectsusPenDeDsoliD s actvated ecase t s relevat ad geeralzedto the whole environmental domain and will be inherited in more specic denitions.

neverteless, tere are tree factrs tat prevet a prpst frm eg actvated te

same wa at t levels. Terefre, certa cases, prpstal ertace des t

fllw te mdel Fgre 7:

1. Mutiimenina categrizatin. Eve tg ctextal varat des taffect concept identity, the genus of denitions does not necessarily remain

altered. As prevsl meted, te evrmetal dma, eac dscple

gves rse t dfferet cceptal prpsts fr te same ccept ad tat als

cldes permc relats. i ter wrds, dscples categrze te same

concepts differently and this is reected in the genus of exible denitions.

De t mltdmesal categrzat, seDiMentation s categrzed as a PhysicalWater treatMent Water Treatmet ad Sppl ad as eXoGenous GeoloGicalProcess Gelg, wle te geeral evrmetal erarc, t s a PhysicalProcess. The use of different genera in each denition gives rise to the inheritance of

dfferet prpertes accrdace wt te cage f categr.
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2. Contextual specifcation. This occurs when a more specic proposition needs

to be used instead of the corresponding proposition in the general denition. For

stace, f te prpst seDiMentationaffectfluiD s rectextalzed Water

Treatmet ad Sppl, t ecmes seDiMentationaffectWasteWater.

3. dijunctive generaizatin. Ts ccrs we a cceptal relat s dspesale t

t prdces cceptal prpsts tat are prttpcal l certa sdmas.

In this case, all propositions will be activated in the superordinate denition and

only the most relevant ones in subordinate denitions. For instance, seDiMentationreut_fGravity ad seDiMentationreut_fcentrifuGation are t ecessarto dene seDiMentation te Water Treatmet ad Sppl sdma. hwever,

l seDiMentationreut_fGravity s relevat te Gelg sdma. i tscase, both propositions will be activated in the general environmental denition as

a dsjct.

Prttpcall, seDiMentationappears te sdmas f Gelg, Water Treatmetad Sppl, Pscs, Cemstr, ad Mcrlg. neverteless, ter ctexts sc

as Castal Egeerg r oceagrap, seDiMentation expereces ctextal sematcchanges as well. For instance, we only reproduce some of the exible denitions of

seDiMentation, partclarl tse wt te wle evrmetal dma (wc alscorresponds to the Physics denition), Water Treatment and Supply and Geology.

As can be observed, subordinate denitions of the general environmental denition

fllw te template f te latter (type_f, reut_f, affect relats) t ave dfferet

vales. hwever, we ecessar, te als actvate ter tpes f relat.
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Figue 8. Flexible denitions ofseDiMentation.

Concusions

Dstgsg plsem frm ctextal varat a termlgcal wledge ase

sc as EcLexc s ecessar ecase t affects ccept categrzat. Weter a

termlgcal t s csdered t e plsemc r ctextall varat affects prpert

ertace cldg te cce f ges. Als, frm a practcal pt f vew

EcoLexicon, such a distinction determines whether a stable or a exible denition is best

t descre te meag ptetal f a ccept.

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