Lie To Me Theory Of Semantic Features Vs Prototype Theory

Author : Cindy Härcher
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783656538707

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Lie to me. Theory of semantic features vs. Prototype theory by Cindy Härcher Pdf

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,7, University of Bayreuth, course: Forensic Linguistics, language: English, abstract: “Parents lie to their children about sex to spare them knowledge they think their children are not ready for, just as their children when they become adolescents, will conceal sexual adventures because the parents won't understand. Lies occur between friends, witness and jury, lawyer and client, salesperson and customer. Lying is such a central characteristic of life that better understanding of it is relevant to almost all human affairs.” (Ekmann 2009:23) But what is a lie and which features make an utterance becoming a lie? Two possible theories for a semantic analysis of lie exist, one the one hand the theory of semantic features, and on the other other hand the semantic prototype theory. This paper will deal with a prototypical analysis of lie. At first both theories will be shortly explained and it will be explained why the prototype theory is more suitable for the analysis of, than the theory of semantic features. Then a prototype schema for lie, as well as a prototype analysis of lie will be given. To confirm the general prototype hypothesis, the prototype definition of lie, and other hypotheses that will be made, an experiment of Coleman and Kay will be explained and its results will be analyzed. To check and confirm the hypotheses of Coleman and Kay again, two fellow students and me did the same experiment within the context of our presentation about linguistic clues to lie detection. The expectations we had and the results will be presented and our results will be compared with that of Coleman and Kay.

Author : Dieter Kastovsky,Aleksander Szwedek
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1596 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110856132

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Linguistics across Historical and Geographical Boundaries by Dieter Kastovsky,Aleksander Szwedek Pdf

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Author : Werner Hüllen,Rainer Schulze
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111355191

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Understanding the lexicon by Werner Hüllen,Rainer Schulze Pdf

Over the past few decades, the book series Linguistische Arbeiten [Linguistic Studies], comprising over 500 volumes, has made a significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory both in Germany and internationally. The series will continue to deliver new impulses for research and maintain the central insight of linguistics that progress can only be made in acquiring new knowledge about human languages both synchronically and diachronically by closely combining empirical and theoretical analyses. To this end, we invite submission of high-quality linguistic studies from all the central areas of general linguistics and the linguistics of individual languages which address topical questions, discuss new data and advance the development of linguistic theory.

Author : Elizabeth M. O'Dowd
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780195111026

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Prepositions and Particles in English by Elizabeth M. O'Dowd Pdf

Elizabeth M. O'Dowd offers a new, discourse-functional account of the categories "preposition" and "particle" in English. She explains why certain words have membership in both categories, and solves many intriguing puzzles long associated with the syntax and semantics of these words. Based on linguistic data extracted from a series of actual conversations, O'Dowd provides new insights into how prepositions and particles are used, and how their meanings can change across different discourse contexts over time.

Author : Nadine Richters
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640140169

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Meaning and Cognition - The Development of Categorisation, Concepts and Prototypes by Nadine Richters Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Hamburg (IAA), course: Seminar Linguistik: Semantics: Understanding the meaning of words and their combinations, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This term paper deals with the development of categorisation, concepts and prototypes in terms of cognitive psychology. In recent decades, prototype semantics has begun to gain an important role in linguistics and led to a pardigm shift. This is proved by research in cognitive psychology. People have a command of categorising, all times. Without the process of categorisation, our brain would be overstrained because the flood of information, the brain receives, has to be memorised and, thus, categorised, in a certain way. First of all, I will explain the importance of categorisation and concepts in everyday life, then I will introduce some forms of categorisations (Artistotle's traditional view and the prototype theory), explain them by giving examples, analyse and criticise them, insofar as I consider them critisisable. In section three I will describe the development of categorisation, concepts and prototypes with regard to childhood. One important question in this context will be whether prototypes are changeable in the course of life? The process of categorisation by having some concepts in mind, is an important factor in human existence. Human beings categorise what they perceive by comparing the perceived object with their mentally represented concept. All people think categorically because it helps them to establish a certainty and order. People need certainty and order, for not drowning in chaos. Without categorising, human beings would have to store the information of each single element which encounters him. Categories and concepts help us to understand the world, its elements and we establish a form of cohesive network by building up concepts and categori

Author : Uwe Böker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : English language
ISBN : NYPL:33433049867975

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Proceedings by Uwe Böker Pdf

Author : Peter Weissenhofer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Baseball
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017673372

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Conceptology in Terminology Theory, Semantics and Word-formation by Peter Weissenhofer Pdf

Author : Dorothy Holland,Naomi Quinn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1987-01-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521311683

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Cultural Models in Language and Thought by Dorothy Holland,Naomi Quinn Pdf

A multidisciplinary collaboration exploring the role of cultural knowledge in everyday language and understanding.

Author : Henri Cohen,Claire Lefebvre
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1277 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780128097663

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Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science by Henri Cohen,Claire Lefebvre Pdf

Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science, Second Edition presents the study of categories and the process of categorization as viewed through the lens of the founding disciplines of the cognitive sciences, and how the study of categorization has long been at the core of each of these disciplines. The literature on categorization reveals there is a plethora of definitions, theories, models and methods to apprehend this central object of study. The contributions in this handbook reflect this diversity. For example, the notion of category is not uniform across these contributions, and there are multiple definitions of the notion of concept. Furthermore, the study of category and categorization is approached differently within each discipline. For some authors, the categories themselves constitute the object of study, whereas for others, it is the process of categorization, and for others still, it is the technical manipulation of large chunks of information. Finally, yet another contrast has to do with the biological versus artificial nature of agents or categorizers. Defines notions of category and categorization Discusses the nature of categories: discrete, vague, or other Explores the modality effects on categories Bridges the category divide - calling attention to the bridges that have already been built, and avenues for further cross-fertilization between disciplines

Author : Thomas Boyden Ernst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015037197996

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Towards an Integrated Theory of Adverb Position in English by Thomas Boyden Ernst Pdf

Author : James A. Hampton,Yoad Winter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319459776

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Compositionality and Concepts in Linguistics and Psychology by James A. Hampton,Yoad Winter Pdf

By highlighting relations between experimental and theoretical work, this volume explores new ways of addressing one of the central challenges in the study of language and cognition. The articles bring together work by leading scholars and younger researchers in psychology, linguistics and philosophy. An introductory chapter lays out the background on concept composition, a problem that is stimulating much new research in cognitive science. Researchers in this interdisciplinary domain aim to explain how meanings of complex expressions are derived from simple lexical concepts and to show how these meanings connect to concept representations. Traditionally, much of the work on concept composition has been carried out within separate disciplines, where cognitive psychologists have concentrated on concept representations, and linguists and philosophers have focused on the meaning and use of logical operators. This volume demonstrates an important change in this situation, where convergence points between these three disciplines in cognitive science are emerging and are leading to new findings and theoretical insights. This book is open access under a CC BY license.

Author : Charles Kay Ogden,Ivor Armstrong Richards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : LCCN:58004998

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The Meaning of Meaning by Charles Kay Ogden,Ivor Armstrong Richards Pdf

Author : Timothy T. Rogers,James L. McClelland
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262182394

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Semantic Cognition by Timothy T. Rogers,James L. McClelland Pdf

A mechanistic theory of the representation and use of semantic knowledge that uses distributed connectionist networks as a starting point for a psychological theory of semantic cognition.

Author : Elena Tribushinina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122584563

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Cognitive Reference Points by Elena Tribushinina Pdf

Author : James R. Hurford,Brendan Heasley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1983-04-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521289491

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Semantics by James R. Hurford,Brendan Heasley Pdf

Introduces the major elements of semantics in a simple, step-by-step fashion. Sections of explanation and examples are followed by practice exercises with answers and comment provided.