Relational Semantics and the Anatomy of Abstraction

by Tamar Sovran

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138548731
• ISBN13: 9781138548732
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"