Abstract
The three-level hierarchy of values in Faber and Mairal‘s work (Constructing a Lexicon of English Verbs, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1999) is based on the scales of values given by Max Scheler or Józef Tischner, which are deeply rooted in the theory of the Great Chain of Being (employed by Aristotle in his scala naturae). Faber and Mairal also provide an account of the relationship between lexical structure and cognition. A key issue was the introduction of a cognitive axis and a typology of predicate schemas in the lexicon (at lexeme, sub-domain and domain level). Among the four domain-level semantic patterns proposed, axiology is considered to appear in many domains. How-ever, in this article it is claimed that the axiological parameter needs further clarification and decomposition. Its structure is multidimensional, internally hierarchical and ca-nonical. In consequence, the three-level hierarchy of values in the lexicon of English verbs is reformulated and the axiological parameter is divided into multilevel categories crossed by two layers of canonical axes. It is also claimed that the axiological formula incorporating this might improve the understanding of this parameter within the lexical architecture of the verbal lexicon.
Highlights
The developments of the Functional Grammar lexicon into a model which integrates semantic, syntactic and pragmatic aspects of lexemes within a framework combining both paradigmatic and syntagmatic patterning was the pioneering contribution of Leocadio Martin Mingorance (1990, 1995)Hermes, Journal of Linguistics no. 30-2003 and his Functional Lexematic Model (FLM)
In order to give a full account of the domain-level semantic pattern of axiological evaluation in the lexicon of English verbs, the following aspects will be explored: (i) the previous approaches to axiological evaluation in the cognitive and functional paradigm; (ii) the way this semantic pattern has been implemented by Faber and Mairal; (iii) our proposal on how to enrich and integrate the axiological pattern in the verbal lexicon of the FLM
Krzeszowski (1990, 1997) pointed out that linguistic semantics was dominated by logic, or, more strictly, that aspect of logic which deals with truth values
Summary
The developments of the Functional Grammar lexicon into a model which integrates semantic, syntactic and pragmatic aspects of lexemes within a framework combining both paradigmatic and syntagmatic patterning was the pioneering contribution of Leocadio Martin Mingorance (1990, 1995). Domain-level predicate schemas, in particular, may be sensitive to what these two linguists call domain-level semantic patterns, which are in turn responsible for their lexical architecture. These parameters reflect the categorization of certain areas of meaning and are possible primitives with cross-cultural validity.. In order to give a full account of the domain-level semantic pattern of axiological evaluation in the lexicon of English verbs, the following aspects will be explored: (i) the previous approaches to axiological evaluation in the cognitive and functional paradigm; (ii) the way this semantic pattern has been implemented by Faber and Mairal; (iii) our proposal on how to enrich and integrate the axiological pattern in the verbal lexicon of the FLM
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