Transformations on image schemas and cross-linguistic polysemy
Transformations on image schemas and cross-linguistic polysemy Transformations on image schemas and cross-linguistic polysemy
lexical networks within a specific language. For the basic notions of spatial orientation the conceptual network would have the hypothetical structure given below: INSTRUMENT/ MANNER MANNER Fig. 9: The conceptual network of Spatial association. The nodes of the conceptual network illustrated in Fig. 9 are all specifications of the schema Spatial association. I regard this schema as a superordinate cognitive structure, which functions as a means of categorization of perceptual information into semantic categories, in turn structured by the specific instantiations of Spatial association. Along with other superordinate schemas – some of which are still to be investigated – Spatial association is a potential universal source of lexically manifested spatial relations. The generation of the more specific spatial relations is carried out by means of specification or transformation of the schema. Not only the schema but also the transformations of the schema are universal, in the sense of being language independent and motivated by human cognitive ability. Thus polysemy based on image schema transformations is universal and cross-linguistic as regards the schematic, abstract meaning underlying the rich, lexical meaning. References Clark, Herbert H., 1973: Space, Time, Semantics, and the Child. Cognitive Development and the Acquisition of Language, ed. by T. E. Moore. New York: Academic Press, 27–63. FACE-TO-FACE PARALLEL NEUTRAL SEQUENTIAL FACE-TO-FACE SEQUENTIAL FACE-TO-FACE 44 PARALLEL
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