Abstract Large lexica of basic smell terms are considered to be restricted to a handful of small languages of non-industrialized societies. Accordingly, they are thought to belong to the sphere of rara within lexical typology (Plank 2001. Das grammatische Raritätenkabinett. Konstanz: University of Konstanz. https://typo.uni-konstanz.de/rara/intro/index.php (accessed 3 October 2017)). However, smell lexica might in fact be more common than previously suggested. In this article, we discuss the case of Thai – a language with a population of tens of millions of speakers – which defies this assumption. We show Thai has a sizeable lexicon of terms for olfactory qualities, and investigate their semantics using a multi-method approach. In particular, we demonstrate a novel use of exemplar listing where – in addition to giving insights into the terms’ extensions – exemplar data is used to reveal the structure of the lexicon. Additionally, we use corpus data to provide complementary information on meaning and usage, thereby showing the advantage of multi-method approaches. Overall, the findings suggest smell lexica are not rara, and their distribution in the world’s languages goes beyond the stereotypical cases of languages spoken by small-scale societies.

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气味术语不是rara：泰语中气味词汇的语义调查

摘要大型基本气味术语词典被认为仅限于少数几种非工业化社会的语言。因此，它们被认为属于词汇类型学中的rara领域（Plank2001。Das grammatischeRaritätenkabinett。Konstanz：Konstanz大学。https://typo.uni-konstanz.de/rara/intro/index.php（已访问2017年10月3日））。但是，事实上，气味词典可能比以前建议的更常见。在本文中，我们讨论了泰语（一种拥有数千万说话者的语言）的情况，这违背了这一假设。我们展示了Thai具有嗅觉质量术语的庞大词典，并使用多方法方法研究了它们的语义。特别是，我们展示了示例清单的新颖用法，除了提供对术语扩展的深刻见解之外，示例数据还用于揭示词典的结构。此外，我们使用语料库数据提供有关含义和用法的补充信息，从而显示了多方法方法的优势。总体而言，研究结果表明，气味词典并非罗拉语，它们在世界语言中的分布范围已超出了小规模社会所使用的陈规定型语言。