The Interplay of Synonymy and Polysemy

§4.2.6). Additionally, in 1 sentence for each verb the exact nature of the 
MOVANT
could 
not be discerned, and is therefore omitted from the table.

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have when combined with each of the 
MOVANT 
categories. It will also be possible to describe 
areas of semantic overlap (in other words synonymy) and areas where one specific verb 
monopolizes a meaning. I begin discussing physical inanimate 
MOVANTS 
(§4.2.2), then 
describe physical animate 
MOVANTS 
(§4.2.3) and continue with a discussion of nonphysical 
MOVANTS 
(§4.2.4). I will then describe the results of the collostructional analysis (§4.2.5) 
and compare it to the results of the 400-sentence corpus. Finally, I discuss instances where 
there is no overt 
MOVANT 
(§4.2.6). The discussion on 
MOVANTS
is then summarized (§4.2.7). 
4.2.2 Physical Inanimate Movants 
The first category is 
physical inanimate 
MOVANTS
. 
The 
results 
from 
the 
statistical tests show that 
lanzar
had significantly fewer 
physical inanimate 
MOVANTS
. 
Arrojar
and 
tirar 
also show 
statistically significant beha-
vior, having many more 
physical inanimate 
MOVANTS
. 
In fact, half of the sentences 
with each verb have this 
MOVANT 
type. 
Echar
falls in 
between both extremes; 1/3 of its 
MOVANTS
are of this type. I will discuss the meanings 
expressed by each verb individually. Then I will note any commonalities (there are very few) 
and what meanings the verbs prefer to express. 
Arrojar
has a large number of physical inanimate 
MOVANTS
. Most of them express the 
concept of physically throwing an object.
(CdE:19-F, Anticipación y reflexión) 
(27) 
El muchacho
se quitó el casco transparente y lo 
ARROJÓ