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Meanings of words : theory and application

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Author

Editor

  • Ulrike Haß
  • Petra Storjohann

Summary, in English

This chapter presents a Cognitive Semantics framework for the analysis of words and meaning-making in language, Lexical Meaning as Ontologies and Construals, and the basic socio-sensory-cognitive assumptions on which this framework rests. It demonstrates the repercussions of the basic assumptions of the approach to word meaning, highlighting its usefulness for describing and explaining mean-ing-making in communication. Special attention is given to word classes, degree, antonymy, metonymization and metaphorization.

Department/s

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Publication/Series

Handbuch Wort und Wortschatz (Handbücher Sprachwissen-HSW Band 3)

Volume

3

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

De Gruyter

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Socio-sensory-cognitive
  • Ontology
  • Contenful
  • Configuration
  • Construal
  • word class
  • degree
  • antonymy
  • metonymization
  • metaphorization.

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-3-11-029601-3