Cognitive Linguistics Investigations: Across Languages, Fields And Philosophical Boundaries (Human Cognitive Processing)

Cognitive Linguistics Investigations......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Biographical information......Page 12
1. The cognitive linguistics agenda......Page 16
2. Outline of this volume......Page 17
References......Page 24
I. Cultural models and conceptual mappings......Page 26
1. Introduction......Page 28
Scenarios......Page 30
Discourse scenarios and discursives......Page 31
Categories: Complex, radial, and polycentric......Page 33
Case 1: Grammatical voice and emotion language in Tagalog......Page 35
Case 2: Shona noun classifiers as polycentric categories......Page 47
4. Conclusions......Page 54
Notes......Page 55
References......Page 56
Appendix......Page 59
1. Introduction......Page 62
2. Voting......Page 63
Palatable candidates......Page 64
Stinky candidates......Page 66
Public conversation......Page 67
Sending a message......Page 69
Legal act of civil disobedience......Page 70
Summary......Page 71
3. Purple point of contact......Page 72
Let\'s have church here in your home......Page 73
Testimony......Page 74
Sowing the seed of $5, $10, or $20......Page 75
The purple envelope please......Page 76
Summary......Page 77
4. Conclusions......Page 78
Acknowledgments......Page 79
References......Page 80
1. Introduction......Page 82
2. Study 1......Page 85
Method......Page 86
Results and discussion......Page 87
Method......Page 88
Method......Page 89
Results and discussion......Page 90
5. General discussion......Page 91
Notes......Page 94
References......Page 95
Appendix 1......Page 97
Examples of drawings from Experiment 1......Page 99
Examples of drawings from Experiment 2......Page 100
1. Introduction......Page 102
2. Discourse processing theory......Page 103
3. Mental Spaces Theory [\'MST\']......Page 104
What counts as gesture?......Page 107
The `comfort zone\'......Page 108
Gesture types......Page 109
6. Mental spaces manoeuvers......Page 116
Notes......Page 118
References......Page 119
II. Computational models  and conceptual mappings......Page 122
1. Introduction......Page 124
High-dimensional semantic space and lexical representation......Page 125
Emergent semantic structures in connectionist networks......Page 127
Whorf\'s cryptotype......Page 129
Cryptotype and morphological productivity in child language......Page 130
A connectionist account of cryptotype and its acquisition......Page 131
Method......Page 133
Results and discussion......Page 134
4. A self-organizing network that learns to map semantic features to prefixes......Page 138
Method......Page 139
Results and discussion......Page 140
5. General discussion and conclusions......Page 143
Acknowledgments......Page 145
References......Page 146
Appendix......Page 150
1. Introduction......Page 154
2. The roles of lexicon and grammar in a theory of language production......Page 155
Some quantitative data......Page 160
Constructions: The case of determiners......Page 164
4. Infinitival conjunctions and prepositions......Page 168
Om-clauses......Page 169
Prepositions......Page 173
5. Conclusion......Page 176
Notes......Page 178
References......Page 182
1. Introduction......Page 184
Predictable partial neutralization......Page 185
Unpredictable partial neutralization......Page 186
Regional differences......Page 187
Age differences......Page 188
Homophony across age groups......Page 190
Lexical frequency......Page 192
Phonetic context......Page 193
Summary of production data......Page 194
Word recognition in the merger process......Page 195
Speaker age and phonological status......Page 196
A conflict of two systems?......Page 197
Ambiguity in context......Page 198
References......Page 199
III. Linguistic components  and conceptual mappings......Page 202
1. Friend, foe, or fellow traveller?......Page 204
The natural semantic metalanguage approach......Page 206
Diagrams are not enough......Page 208
Scenarios, models and conceptual metaphor......Page 212
Malay ikhlas vs. English sincere......Page 216
Japanese omoiyari vs. English empathy......Page 220
4. Concluding remarks......Page 224
Notes......Page 226
References......Page 227
Semantic primes - English exponents (after Goddard & Wierzbicka Eds., 2002)......Page 232
Selected NSM studies of languages other than English......Page 233
1. Introduction......Page 234
2. Views of categorisation......Page 236
3. Defining features of kiz and kadin......Page 239
4. Typical features......Page 240
Women and men......Page 242
Other collocations......Page 243
6. Causes and effects of category stress......Page 244
7. Caveats and conclusions......Page 246
Notes......Page 247
References......Page 248
1. Introduction: Tactile perception and emotions......Page 250
2. Metaphorical scope of tactile verbs revisited......Page 251
3. Compositional polysemy: The semantic packaging of lexical items......Page 257
4. Cross-linguistic polysemy: Meaning and lexicalisation across languages......Page 261
5. Conclusions......Page 264
Notes......Page 265
References......Page 267
1. Introduction......Page 270
2. Two models of causation......Page 271
3. Transitivity and ergativity in the field of killing......Page 273
Accidental causation......Page 275
The ergative predilection of the suffocate verbs......Page 278
Ideologically determined transitivization......Page 281
5. Conclusions and prospects......Page 282
Notes......Page 283
References......Page 284
1. Introduction......Page 286
2. Japanese internal state predicates......Page 287
Other properties of Japanese internal state predicates......Page 288
Definition of linguistic subjectivity......Page 290
The subjectivity scale......Page 291
4. Subjective construal and Japanese internal state predicates......Page 294
The speaker\'s role......Page 295
Difference in the default pattern in subjectivity......Page 297
The role in the event structure......Page 298
Subjective construal in the Japanese language......Page 301
Notes......Page 303
References......Page 306
2. Connexity/dependence......Page 308
3. Background and foreground information......Page 309
4. Some points on past approaches......Page 310
The consecutive mood......Page 311
The participial mood......Page 314
The continuous tense......Page 315
References......Page 317
1. Introduction......Page 320
Episode and episode boundary......Page 322
Stimulus material......Page 323
4. Results and discussion......Page 324
Episodic structure......Page 325
Achieving and maintaining coherence......Page 326
References......Page 338
Name index......Page 340
Subject index......Page 344
The series Human Cognitive Processing......Page 350