Université de Montréal - Thèse sous forme numérique

1261 This lack is a key factor arguing against the existence of such a relationship.2 'You'll stop arguing and do as you're damned well told!'3 We spent most of our time in cafes, arguing and holding hands4 He was penalised for joking and arguing disruptively yesterday.5 These features argue for a local origin.6 Margaret Mead argued for a nurture perspective on behaviour.7 There was a lot of arguing going on between Mum and Dad.8 This can be seen, they argue, in many forms of state intervention.9 The teachers and medics were arguing out who has which square inch of my time.10 Dr Wilson argues that if ants were to disappear, most of the ...11 Richard Dawkins has argued that it is their genes that survive.12 Like Pareto, Burnham argued that Marxism was a self serving ideology.13 It argues that a serious vehicle tax should be levied.14 The popular press have argued the case.15 The platoon commander was arguing with a gang of Christian Phalangists.Figure 17. KWIC lines for the lemma argue (Fillmore and Atkins 1998: 2)From the analysis of the KWIC lines, the lexicographers realize that the wordargue is polysemous, namely that it has three senses: a sense of quarrelling, a sense ofreasoning and a legal sense (Figure 18). In order to validate this sense distinction, thesteps below are followed (cf. Fillmore et al 2003a: 255):1. For each semantic type of complement that occurs with this verb, they lookfor other words with similar meanings that also take that kind ofcomplement;2. They notice which complement types cluster together with groups ofmeaning-sharing words;3. Given two types of complement that both occur with the target word, if onecomplement regularly occurs with one group of related words, and the otherwith a different group of related words, this is a strong evidence for a sensedistinction and, thus for frame distinction.