Polysemy In The Semantic Field Of Movement In The English Language, Детальна інформація

The table below shows the double membership of these verbs.

VERB FOCUS DIMENSION MEANING

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whirl Manner To move quickly

To move in a circular manner To move (an engine/device) very quickly with a loud whistling noise

To move (a vehicle/an aircraft) very quickly with a loud buzzing/humming noise

To move in a circular manner in the air

To turn round in the air very quickly

whizz

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whirl Medium To move through the air To move very quickly through the air with a loud whistling noise

To move very quickly through the air with a loud noise

To fly around in circles

To move very quickly in a circular manner through the air

2.2. Genus of the lexeme

Many verbs describe generic movement. Verb membership is then determined by the semantic parameter of medium or direction, or by the parameter specifying the nature of the subject/object.

The table below presents the verbs whose membership is influenced by the medium parameter.

VERB MEDIUM DIMENSION MEANING

dart Air

Land To move through the air

To move quickly using one’s feet To fly suddenly and quickly (insects)

To run suddenly

dive

plunge Air To move down through air

To move down through air

To move downwards To move down through air quickly and steeply

To move down through air suddenly a long way