• So far as lexical storage is concerned, the area of meaning covered by any given word is heavily influenced by the existence of other words alongside it.
• To put it simply, 'No word is an island': the meaning of word X is very much determined by its relationship to Word Y and Word Z:
We can only fully understand how to use the word HAPPY if we recognize the existence of alternatives such as CONTENT or PLEASED or DELIGHTED which limit the semantic boundaries within which HAPPY operates.
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