[Lingtyp] Does bipolar polysemy exist?

[Steve Pepper]

That's a wicked question!

Steve

On 31 May 2018 at 12:57, Joo Ian <ian.joo at outlook.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
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> I would like to know if the following universal claim holds:
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> *There exists no lexeme that can mean X and the negation of X. (For
> example, no lexeme can express “to go” and “to not go”).*
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> I wonder if such “bipolar polysemy” exists in any lexeme, because I cannot
> think of any, and whether this claim is truly universal.
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> I would appreciate to know if there is any counter-evidence.
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> From Hong Kong,
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> Ian Joo
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> http://ianjoo.academia.edu
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