What is a domain? Dimensional structures versus meronomic relations
(2013) In Cognitive Linguistics 24(3). p.437-456- Abstract
- Within cognitive linguistics, the notion of domain is central. In the literature, the notion of domain has been interpreted in an all-encompassing way, which has led to conceptual confusion. The article proposes to distinguish between a more psychologically oriented description of domains based on dimensional structures, on the one hand; and meronomic relations, on the other. It is shown how Langacker's notion of a configurational domain can be analyzed as higher-level dimensional structures. An added benefit of the distinction between dimensional domains and meronomic relations is that it generates a natural account of the difference between metaphors and metonymies.
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- author
- Gärdenfors, Peter LU and Löhndorf, Simone LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2013
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- domain, dimension, meronomy, locational domain, configurational domain, feature analysis, integral dimensions, separable dimensions, metaphor, metonymy
- in
- Cognitive Linguistics
- volume
- 24
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 437 - 456
- publisher
- Mouton de Gruyter
- external identifiers
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- wos:000323053500002
- scopus:84888322331
- ISSN
- 1613-3641
- DOI
- 10.1515/cog-2013-0017
- project
- Thinking in Time: Cognition, Communication and Learning
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Cognitive Science (015001004), Linguistics and Phonetics (015010003)
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- 0b72b85b-83dc-4819-92f3-792f4627b533 (old id 4042593)
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