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Event structure, conceptual spaces and the semantics of verbs

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The aim of this paper is to integrate spatial cognition with lexical semantics. We develop cognitive models of actions and events based on conceptual spaces and vectors on them. The models are then used to present a semantic theory of verbs. We propose a two-vector model of events including a force vector and a result vector. We argue that our framework provides a unified account for a multiplicity of linguistic phenomena related to verbs. Among other things it provides a cognitive explanation for the lexico-semantic constraint regarding manner vs. result and for polysemy caused by intentionality. It also generates a unified definition of aspect.

Publiceringsår

2012

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

159-193

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Theoretical Linguistics

Volym

38

Issue

3-4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

De Gruyter

Ämne

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics
  • Learning

Nyckelord

  • actions
  • events
  • conceptual spaces
  • similarity
  • force vector
  • result
  • vector
  • manner/result complementarity
  • aspect

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1613-4060