Relational Semantics and the Anatomy of Abstraction

Tamar Sovran (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2013
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-70334-5 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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

Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Linguistics
Zusatzinfo	25 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	530 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
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ISBN-10	0-415-70334-4 / 0415703344
ISBN-13	978-0-415-70334-5 / 9780415703345
Zustand	Neuware