| Title: | A cognitive semantic analysis of the polysemous category mouth |
| Author: | Oana Păstae |
| Publication: | The Proceedings of the International Conference Globalization, Intercultural Dialogue and National Identity. Section: Language and Discourse, 2, p. 188-197 |
| ISBN: | 978-606-93691-3-5 |
| Editors: | Iulian Boldea |
| Publisher: | Arhipelag XXI Press |
| Place: | Tîrgu-Mureş |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Abstract: | The present article analyses different senses of the polysemous category MOUTH. Metaphor and metonymy are the two basic mechanisms for sense extension. Our aim is to describe the different but related senses of the category MOUTH in order to find out its prototypical sense towards the peripheral senses. Humans’ body parts are highly polysemous and most of their senses are metonymically extended from the prototypical sense. The treatment of polysemous categories in cognitive linguistics involves a viewing meaning/sense as categorization, recognizing the importance of context for meaning/senses and taking into account the encyclopedic knowledge, and incorporating prototype theory into linguistics. |
| Key words: | cognitive semantics, category, meaning, polysemy, prototype |
| Language: | French |
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