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Meaning representation is encyclopaedic
The third of the guiding principles of cognitive semantics. Holds that semantic structure is encyclopaedic in nature. This means that a lexical concept does not represent a neatly packaged bundle of meaning (the so-called 'dictionary view'). Rather, lexical concepts serve as access sites to vast repositories of knowledge relating to a particular concept, conceptual domain (1) or cognitive model.
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