Relational Semantics and the Anatomy of Abstraction

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-70334-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

This book presents a study of meaning relations, linking the philosophical tradition of conceptual analysis with recent theories and methodologies in cognitive semantics. Its main concern is the extent to which analyzing meaning relations between cognate words reveal the infrastructure of the actual and mental lexicon, assuming that language mirrors thought. Sovran aims to elucidate their infrastructure and the metaphorical and perceptual models that constitute abstract concepts, dealing finally with the role of abstraction in poetic metaphors. Overall, this volume addresses major contemporary issues in the philosophy of language and theoretical semantics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sovran, Tamar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Background and Methods 3. Similarity 4. Difference 5. Negativity 6. Truth 7. Norm 8. Abstraction and Poetic Metaphor 9. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Tamar Sovran is Associate Professor in the Hebrew Culture Studies Department at Tel Aviv University, Israel.