Where is X? The lexico-semantic analysis of spatial words wayfinding in Spanish (Mexico) and French
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https://doi.org/10.32870/vel.vi10.94Keywords:
Sense of direction, direction referents, semantic analysis, vocabulary, contrastive linguistics.Abstract
The lexico-semantic analysis takes over the contrasts of two or more languages to observe convergence and divergence in vocabulary and its meaning. This study looks for the lexico-semantic coding of words used by Mexican and French individuals at the time of giving directions to place a location, such activity of directing and being directed refers to the Anglo-Saxon term wayfinding, which has been adopted in the Linguistic field. The current documental research shows a list of standard orientation referents of each language compared to those lexical items obtained in field research, as well as its semantic coding and the frequency of use. A single question was asked to the participants requesting help to go from point A to point B, this, with the aim to identify the most utilized referents in such communicative act.
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