Abstract Lexical diversity, the amount of lexical variation shown by a particular concept, varies between concepts. For the concept drunk, for instance, nearly 3000 English expressions exist, including blitzed, intoxicated, and hammered. For the concept sober, however, a significantly smaller number of lexical items is available, like sober or abstinent. While earlier variation studies have revealed that meaning-related concept characteristics correlate with the amount of lexical variation, these studies were limited in scope, being restricted to one semantic field and to one dialect area, that of the Limburgish dialects of Dutch. In this paper, we investigate whether the impact of concept characteristics, viz. vagueness, lack of salience and proneness to affect, is manifest in a similar way in other dialects and other semantic fields. In particular, by extending the scope of the earlier studies to other carefully selected semantic fields, we investigate the generalizability of the impact of concept characteristics to the lexicon as a whole. The quantitative approach that we employ to measure concept characteristics and lexical diversity methodologically advances the study of linguistic variation. Theoretically, this paper contributes to the further development of Cognitive Sociolinguistics by showcasing how meaning can be a source of lexical diversity.

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荷兰两个方言地区的概念特征和词汇多样性变化

摘要词汇多样性（一个特定概念所显示的词汇变化量）在各个概念之间有所不同。例如，对于醉酒的概念，存在近3000种英语表达方式，包括闪电，陶醉和锤击。但是，对于清醒的概念，可用的词汇项数量少得多，例如清醒或节制。尽管较早的变异研究已经揭示了与意义相关的概念特征与词汇变异的数量有关，但是这些研究的范围是有限的，仅限于一个语义领域和一个方言领域，即荷兰的林堡方言。在本文中，我们调查了概念特征的影响是否。在其他方言和其他语义领域中，模糊，缺乏显着性和易受影响的现象也以类似的方式体现出来。特别是，通过将早期研究的范围扩展到其他精心选择的语义领域，我们研究了概念特征对整个词典的影响的可概括性。我们用来度量概念特征和词汇多样性的定量方法从方法上推动了语言变异的研究。从理论上讲，本文通过展示意义如何成为词汇多样性的来源，为认知社会语言学的进一步发展做出了贡献。我们用来度量概念特征和词汇多样性的定量方法在方法上促进了语言变异的研究。从理论上讲，本文通过展示意义如何成为词汇多样性的来源，为认知社会语言学的进一步发展做出了贡献。我们用来度量概念特征和词汇多样性的定量方法从方法上推动了语言变异的研究。从理论上讲，本文通过展示意义如何成为词汇多样性的来源，为认知社会语言学的进一步发展做出了贡献。