[Lingtyp] Semantic map for the verb 'mean'

[Sebastian Löbner]

Hi Jess,

the map should comprise both meaning variants. What I'm looking for is a 
map that contains the major different uses of 'mean' and relates them to 
verbs and their uses in other languages. Simple example: English 'mean' 
corresponds to German 'bedeuten' or 'meinen' and to Dutch 'betekenen' or 
'bedoelen', but 'bedeuten' and 'betekenen', and 'meinen' and 'bedoelen', 
do not match completely. A crosslinguistic semantic map would help to 
provide a more detailed crosslinguistic comparison of the complex 
polysemies of the verbs involved. The semantic field(s) are interesting 
because they constitute basic metalinguistic and metacommunicative 
meanings/concepts/vocabulary (whatever you prefer) to be expected in 
almost all languages in one way or other.

Bests, Sebastian