ß2. Types of meaning. Motivation of the word
. . . lexical items are traditionally said to have bcth «le-xical» and «grammatical»
meaning. For example«cow» not only signifies a particular concept (the material or
lexical meanings of the item) but it does so according to a particular mode of
signifying. For exampleas a substance, a quality, an action, etc». (John Lyons)
The grammatical meaning is the formal meaning of a word. It is defined as
the meaning belonging to the lexico— grammatical classes and grammatical
categories. It is expressed by the word's form. Every word belongs to a definite
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