О проекте

The project deals with lexification strategies that are encountered for the situations of change. We distinguish four core frames for ‘change’: Modification, Replacement, Substitution and Exchange. Modification implies that the Subject changes the Object’s intrinsic qualities (The cook modified the recipe to make the dish less spicy). Replacement means that the Subject stops using the Object for a certain purpose and starts using another Object instead (I replaced a burn-out lightbulb). Substitution is similar to Replacement but presupposes that the Subject and the new Object have the same function (He is such a good player that nobody can substitute him). Exchange is a reciprocal act where the Subject gives the Object to another Subject and receives another Object in return (We exchanged postcards).