The Cognitive Variation Of Semantic Structures

Author : Prakash Mondal
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Category : Cognitive grammar
ISBN : 103272627X

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The Cognitive Variation of Semantic Structures by Prakash Mondal Pdf

"This book explores the cognitive constraints and principles of variation in structures of linguistic meaning across languages. It unifies cognitive-semantic representations with formal-semantic representations to make a unique contribution to the study of typological generalizations and universals in natural language semantics. This unified approach not only helps reveal why semantic structures have the observed variation they have, but also sheds light on the compelling cognitive and formal regularities and patterns in the variation of linguistic semantics. The book also advances the general principles of a cognitively-oriented semantic typology. Lucid and topical, the book will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of language typology, linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and semantics. It will also be of interest to theoretical linguists of both cognitivist and formalist schools"--

Author : Prakash Mondal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781003862598

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The Cognitive Variation of Semantic Structures by Prakash Mondal Pdf

This book explores the cognitive constraints and principles of variation in structures of linguistic meaning across languages. It unifies cognitive-semantic representations with formal-semantic representations to make a unique contribution to the study of typological generalizations and universals in natural language semantics. This unified approach not only helps reveal why semantic structures have the observed variation they have but also sheds light on the compelling cognitive and formal regularities and patterns in the variation of linguistic semantics. The book also advances the general principles of a cognitively oriented semantic typology. Lucid and topical, the book will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of language typology, linguistics, cognitive linguistics and semantics. It will also be of interest to theoretical linguists of both cognitivist and formalist schools.

Author : Ray S. Jackendoff
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 340 pages
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Release : 1992-04-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 026260020X

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Semantic Structures by Ray S. Jackendoff Pdf

Semantic Structures is a large-scale study of conceptual structure and its lexical and syntactic expression in English that builds on the system of Conceptual Semantics described in Ray Jackendoff's earlier books Semantics and Cognition and Consciousness and the Computational Mind. Jackendoff summarizes the relevant arguments in his two previous books, setting out the basic parameters for the formalization of meaning, and comparing his mentalistic approach with Fodor's Language of Thought hypothesis. He then takes up the Problem of Meaning, extending the range of semantic fields encompassed by the Conceptual Semantics formalism, and the Problem of Correspondence, formalizing the relation between semantic and syntactic structure. Both of these problems must be fully addressed in order to develop a general theory of language that is concerned with syntax and semantics and their points of connection. Few books on lexical semantics present such a comprehensive analysis of such a wide range of phenomena from a unified perspective. Besides discussing the conceptual structures of hundreds of words and constructions, Jackendoff extends and deepens the theory to come to grips with such crucial issues as roles and marking; arguments, modifiers, and adjuncts; binding and control; and the thematic linking hierarchy.

Author : Dirk Geeraerts,Stefan Grondelaers,Peter Bakema
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110873061

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The Structure of Lexical Variation by Dirk Geeraerts,Stefan Grondelaers,Peter Bakema Pdf

The Structure of Lexical Variation : Meaning, Naming, and Context.

Author : Ray S. Jackendoff
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985-09-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0262600137

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Semantics and Cognition by Ray S. Jackendoff Pdf

This book emphasizes the role of semantics as a bridge between the theory of language and the theories of other cognitive capacities such as visual perception and motor control.

Author : Teun A. van Dijk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429655418

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Macrostructures by Teun A. van Dijk Pdf

Macrostructures are higher-level semantic or conceptual structures that organize the ‘local’ microstructures of discourse, interaction, and their cognitive processing. They are distinguished from other global structures of a more schematic nature, which we call superstructures. Originally published in 1980, the theory of macrostructures outlined in this book is the result of research carried out during the previous 10 years in the domains of literary theory, text grammar, the general theory of discourse, pragmatics, and the cognitive psychology of discourse processing. The presentation of the theory is systematic but informal and at this stage was not intended to be fully formalized.

Author : Dirk Geeraerts
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004336841

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Ten Lectures on Cognitive Sociolinguistics by Dirk Geeraerts Pdf

Cognitive Sociolinguistics combines the interest in meaning of Cognitive Linguistics with the interest in social variation of sociolinguistics, converging on two domains of enquiry: variation of meaning, and the meaning of variation. These Ten Lectures, a transcribed version of talks given by professor Geeraerts in 2009 at Beihang University in Beijing, introduce and illustrate both dimensions. The ‘variation of meaning’ perspective involves looking at types of semantic and categorial variation, at the role of social and cultural factors in semantic variation and change, and at the interplay of stereotypes, prototypes and norms. The ‘meaning of variation’ perspective involves looking at the way in which categorization processes of the type studied by Cognitive Linguistics shape how scholars and laymen think about language variation.

Author : Liliana Albertazzi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9027238871

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Meaning and Cognition by Liliana Albertazzi Pdf

The aim of this book is to present significant aspects of cognitive grammar by adopting an interdisciplinary approach. The book provides an interplay of contributions by some exponents of cognitive grammar (Langacker, Croft, Wood, Geeraerts, Kövecses, Wildgen), and philosophers of language (Albertazzi, Marconi, Peruzzi, Violi) who, in most cases, share a phenomenological and Gestalt approach to the problem of semantics. The topics covered include themes that are central to the debate in cognitive grammar, such as, metaphor, construal operations, prototypicality, Gestalt schemes and field semantics. The book offers evidence to support the cognitive hypothesis in semantics and the existence of a close connection between the structures of perception and the categories of natural language. Because of the approach employed, with its consideration of borderline aspects among semantics, linguistics, theoretical reflection and historical analysis, the book marks out a route for a philosophical inquiry complementary to a cognitive approach to the semantics of natural language.

Author : Jim Feist
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266521

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Semantic Structure in English by Jim Feist Pdf

Syntax puts our meaning (“semantics”) into sentences, and phonology puts the sentences into the sounds that we hear and there must, surely, be a structure in the meaning that is expressed in the syntax and phonology. Some writers use the phrase “semantic structure”, but are referring to conceptual structure; since we can express our conceptual thought in many different linguistic ways, we cannot equate conceptual and semantic structures. The research reported in this book shows semantic structure to be in part hierarchic, fitting the syntax in which it is expressed, and partly a network, fitting the nature of the mind, from which it springs. It is complex enough to provide for the emotive and imaginative dimensions of language, and for shifts of standard meanings in context, and the “rules” that control them. Showing the full structure of English semantics requires attention to many currently topical issues, and since the underlying theory is fresh, there are fresh implications for them. The most important of those issues is information structure, which is given full treatment, showing its overall structure, and its relation to semantics and the whole grammar of English.

Author : Hubert Cuyckens,René Dirven,John R. Taylor
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110219074

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Cognitive Approaches to Lexical Semantics by Hubert Cuyckens,René Dirven,John R. Taylor Pdf

This collected volume presents radically new directions which are emerging in cognitive lexical semantics research. A number of papers re-ignite the polysemy vs. monosemy debate, and testify to the fact that polysemy is no longer simply taken for granted, but is currently a much more contested issue than it was in the 1980s and 1990s. Other papers offer fresh perspectives on the prototype structure of lexical categories, while generally accepted notions about the radial network structure of categories are questioned in papers on the development of word meaning in child language acquisition and in diachrony. Additional topics include the interaction of lexical and constructional meaning, and the relationship between word meanings and the contexts in which the words are encountered. This book is of interest to semanticists and cognitive linguists, as well as to scholars working in the broader field of cognitive science.

Author : Science Society Cognitive, Con,POLSON
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0805814876

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Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society by Science Society Cognitive, Con,POLSON Pdf

This volume features the complete text of all regular papers, posters, and summaries of symposia presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

Author : Martin Pütz,Justyna A. Robinson,Monika Reif
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270276

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Cognitive Sociolinguistics by Martin Pütz,Justyna A. Robinson,Monika Reif Pdf

This volume is intended to be a contribution to the rapidly growing field of research into Cognitive Sociolinguistics which draws on the convergence of methods and theoretical frameworks typically associated with Cognitive Linguistics and Sociolinguistics. The papers in this volume, written by internationally renowned scholars in the fields of sociolinguistics (e.g. Labov) and cognitive sociolinguistics, seek to explore and systematize the key theoretical and epistemological bases for the emergence of this socio-cognitive paradigm. More specifically, the papers, originally published in Review of Cognitive Linguistics 10:2 (2012), focus on terms and concepts which are foundational to the discussion of Cognitive Sociolinguistics such as the role of cognition in the sociolinguistic enterprise; the social recontextualization of cognition; variability in cognitive systems; usage-based conceptions of language; pragmatic variation and cultural models of thought; cultural conceptualizations and lexicography as well as cognitive processing models and perceptual dialectology. All the papers are anchored in instrumental empirical data analysis. The volume provides a welcome contribution to the field for anyone interested in Cognitive Linguistics and its new developments. The seven papers included in this book were originally presented at the 34th International LAUD Symposium on Cognitive Sociolinguistics, which took place in March 2010 at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany).

Author : Larry Dawain King
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789027235909

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The Semantic Structure of Spanish by Larry Dawain King Pdf

In recent years, linguistics has become increasingly more willing to allow some type of representation of 'meaning' in the study of language. However, most approaches deal with sentence or utterance meaning and thereby ignore the meaning of linguistic form. Yet no description of linguistic semantics can be complete without a comprehensive account between meaning and form. This study returns to the problem of form and meaning by presenting a detailed account of certain forms in Spanish which have traditionally been called grammatical forms, or grammatical categories, and associated with grammatical meaning. It is suggested that not all linguistic forms represent the same kind of 'meaning', and that a subset of grammatical forms constitute a highly organized system that parallels phonology and syntax in its capacity to explain variation at the level of discourse. The book opens with an introductory chapter, which is followed by five chapters on the analysis of the Spanish verbal system. In Chapter 7 problems of the noun phrase (the meaning of determiners and grammatical number) are discussed. Chapter 8 offers an explanation of the meaning of the direct object a, and in Chapter 9 a crosslinguistic study of the semantics of Spanish and English is presented. A summary of findings is given in Chapter 10, along with a further consideration of the goals and procedures of semantic analysis.

Author : Ray S. Jackendoff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1123636646

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Semantic Structures by Ray S. Jackendoff Pdf

Author : Vyvyan Evans
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107660847

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Language and Time by Vyvyan Evans Pdf

Using language and thought to fix events in time is one of the most complex computational feats that humans perform. In the first book-length taxonomy of temporal frames of reference, Vyvyan Evans provides an overview of the role of space in structuring human representations of time. Challenging the assumption that time is straightforwardly structured in terms of space, he shows that while space is important for temporal representation, time is nevertheless separate and distinguishable from it. Evans argues for three distinct temporal frames of reference in language and cognition and evaluates the nature of temporal reference from a cross-linguistic perspective. His central thesis is that the hallmark of temporal reference is transience, a property unique to the domain of time. This important study has implications not only for the relationship between space and time, but also for that between language and figurative thought, and the nature of linguistically-mediated meaning construction.