Cartoon adventures in lexical semantics

Two cartoons from yesterday — a Mother Goose and Grimm and a Scenes from a Multiverse — that turn on the senses of lexical items. The preposition on and the verb jam, respectively. (#1) (#2) Ambiguity in #1, an extended sense in #2. Books on tape. #1 is pretty simple: the somewhat dim-witted Ralph is … Continue reading Cartoon adventures in lexical semantics