cognitive semantics

cognitive semantics

1. introduction

   • question
     • how do we create meaning in a cog. LG set up?
   • 2 opposed models
     • classical model
       • denotational
         • word = sign linked to the real world
         • eg
           • ''phone'' linked to the real world to distinguish it from a table
     • cog model
       • properties
         • encyclopedic
           • describe a set of related concpets
           • used-based
             • acquire its meaning in a given usage
         • meaning varies across contexts
           • eg : the phone
             • options
               • ''real'' phone
               • someone making a ''Y'' shape with their hands
           • form associated with lg meaning which is connected with a concept
             • shape
             • usage
             • properties
   • image schemas
     • eg : box
       • intro
         • all box = containers but all containers/= box (bottle)
           • sahre conceptual representations
     • able to reczcle sth to talk about st new
       • she wa sout of it
       • to be out of reach
       • etc...

2. encyclopedic menaing

   • intro
     • lexical meaning is part of it

3. question

   • how can we move from a doamin to another using the same schemas?

4. answer

   • we construct frames
     • definition
       • network of concepts that go togteher
     • eg : university domain
       • student, teacher,essay,etc...
     • roles
       • relate concepts with each other
         • eg: enter a restaurant we know we ll have a paying relation
       • can pick in it when talking about sth
       • determine lg interactions