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Word meanings are determined by their patterns of usage in linguistic contexts.

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Is it true that word meanings are determined by their patterns of usage in linguistic contexts?

Yes. Word meanings are determined by their patterns of usage in linguistic contexts, as supported by both cognitive linguistic theories and distributional semantic models that derive semantic representations from language use.

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The retrieved papers heavily support the claim that word meanings are derived from contextual language use and distributional patterns. Papers [0], [1], [3], and [8] directly demonstrate how computational models and human cognitive processes ascertain and update word meanings through linguistic contexts and communication patterns. Paper [2] relates directly to contextual clues. No papers refute the core claim.

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Distributional social semantics: Inferring word meanings from communication patterns.
2021
Demonstrates that distributional models successfully acquire word meanings by analyzing co-occurrence statistics and communication patterns in large language corpora.
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Johns, B. T. (2021). Distributional social semantics: Inferring word meanings from communication patterns.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2021.101441

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Distributional Semantics Meets Construction Grammar. towards a Unified Usage-Based Model of Grammar and Meaning
2019
Proposes a framework combining construction grammar with distributional semantics, showing that linguistic meaning is systematically modeled from language use.
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Rambelli, G., Chersoni, E., Blache, P., Huang, C., & Lenci, A. (2019). Distributional Semantics Meets Construction Grammar. towards a Unified Usage-Based Model of Grammar and Meaning. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/W19-3312

Contextual Clues to Word-Meaning
2000
Examines how contextual clues shape and determine word meaning.
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Renouf, A. & Bauer, L. (2000). Contextual Clues to Word-Meaning. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.5.2.07ren

Integrating lexical-conceptual and distributional semantics: a case report.
2025
Shows that distributional semantic vectors reflect conceptual verb meanings by analyzing their nearest neighbors in semantic vector spaces.
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Pross, T., Roßdeutscher, A., Padó, S., Lapesa, G., & Kisselew, M. (2025). Integrating lexical-conceptual and distributional semantics: a case report.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.53437/0zds2q05

Semantic Representations Are Updated Across the Lifespan Reflecting Diachronic Language Change.
2025
Provides evidence that humans learn and continuously update word meanings based on the linguistic contexts in which they are experienced across time.
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E, C. & R, R. (2025). Semantic Representations Are Updated Across the Lifespan Reflecting Diachronic Language Change.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1162/opmi.a.315

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