Meanings as Conceptual Structures
(1995)- Abstract
- Cognitive semantics relates linguistic expressions to conceptual structures. The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for such a cognitive structure. As a preparation, Putnam's argument against intensional semantics as a theory of meaning is presented. Some of the main tenets of cognitive semantics as it has developed during the last years are outlined. The notion of a conceptual space is proposed as a central tool for representing semantic information. It is outlined how conceptual spaces can be used as a basis for a formal cognitive semantics.The model is then applied to some problems in lexical semantics, such as the effect of varying contrast classes
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- Gärdenfors, Peter LU
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- publishing date
- 1995
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- Working paper/Preprint
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- published
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- keywords
- Cognitive Studies
- ISSN
- 1101-8453
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 94787209-be59-41d4-9492-3a2a1e3f7b43 (old id 526167)
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