title: THE NOUN BUCKET: THE FIGURATIVE SENSE OVERLOOKED BY DICTIONARIES
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metadata.value: Tolochin, Igor V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-03-03T17:35:24Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-03-03T17:35:24Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/9785288063183.20
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/39275
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper makes a strong case for treating figurative contexts of an English word as an
  important factor in the disambiguation of its polysemy and in the search for successful
  sense definitions. The noun bucket has been selected for a case study. A comparative
  study of the definition of bucket in Lexico online dictionary and in a number of selected
  contexts drawn from electronic databases clearly demonstrates the inconclusive information
  the dictionary provides about the meaning of this noun. The root cause of this is
  attributed to the insufficient attention the lexicographers have paid to the markers of the figurative use of bucket in context. The analysis of figurative contexts has made it possible
  to define a separate figurative sense of this word and also to account for the meaning
  and the expressive potential of the compound bucket list and the phrase kick the bucket
  traditionally considered a non-compositional idiom meaning die. The analysis of the figurative
  sense of bucket also reveals a strong positive evaluative charge at the very core of
  the meaning of this word. A hypothesis is proposed that further study of the evaluative
  potential of the nouns bucket, pail and can may clarify the differences in their meaning
  and help avoid cross-references in dictionary definitions. Defining the figurative sense of
  bucket adds a missing link to the systemic representation of its meaning in dictionaries
  and highlights its role in informing the expressive potential and meaning of bucket list and
  kick the bucket. Refs 15.
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metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: St. Petersburg University Studies in Social Sciences & Humanities;Volume 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: polysemy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: meaning
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: context
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: figurativeness
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: idiom
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: THE NOUN BUCKET: THE FIGURATIVE SENSE OVERLOOKED BY DICTIONARIES
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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