Sökning: "Cognitive Semantics"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 24 uppsatser innehållade orden Cognitive Semantics.

  1. 1. The Semantics of Old Irish Landscape Vocabulary : Differentiation and Cognitive Linguistic Categorization

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Författare :Rebecca Madlener; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Old Irish; Historical Semantics; Landscape Semantics; Semantic Differentiation; Cognitive Semantic Categorization;

    Sammanfattning : This project investigates the cognitive linguistic categories that structure the Old Irish landscape lexicon. The semantics of basic landscape vocabulary are differentiated based on collocate analysis and close reading of relevant text passages. LÄS MER

  3. 2. “Harsh realities” and “tender gazes”: Do perceptual extensions function metaphorically or literally? : A corpus-based investigation of haptic adjectives and the “extent of the literal”

    Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Esme Richardson-Owen; [2022]
    Nyckelord :cognitive linguistics; cognitive semantics; perceptual metaphor; lexical metaphor; double-function adjectives;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how perceptual adjectives are used to convey non-perceptual experience. The study is corpus-based, and the material consists of adjective-noun pairs in which the premodifying adjective is derived from the haptic modality. LÄS MER

  4. 3. All You Need Is LOVE: Applying Conceptual Metaphor Theory to the Beatles' Song Lyrics - A Comparative Study

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Simon Christensson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :CMT; Conceptual Metaphor Theory; Cognitive Linguistics; semantics; metaphors; metaphorical concepts; conduit metaphors; orientational metaphors; ontological metaphors; The Beatles; Lennon; McCartney; song lyrics; love; the mind; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : This essay analyses conceptual metaphors in the Beatles’ song lyrics and observes how Lennon and McCartney’s use of metaphorical concepts evolved in the 1960’s. The study has an empirical and qualitative approach with quantitative elements, and employs the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). LÄS MER

  5. 4. MERO, AYER Y HOY. Análisis semántico desde una perspectiva diacrónica del adjetivo/adverbio mero

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Ramón Prado Gómez; [2019-08-28]
    Nyckelord :spanska; mero; polisemia; diacrónico; significado positivo; significado negativo; Semántica Cognitiva;

    Sammanfattning : Mero’s polysemy poses a series of questions which find an answer from a diachronic perspective, particularly from the Cognitive Semantics’ point of view. We want to highlight two of them: one is the apparent regionalism observed in some meanings. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Das Deutsche als adverbiale Sprache: Zum gewichtigen semantischen Beitrag von Adverbialen zur deutschen Satzkonstruktion

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Tyska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Författare :Anusche Noring; [2019]
    Nyckelord :adjuncts; adverbials; cognitive semantics; construction grammar; contrastive analysis; corpus linguistics; English; German; information structure; packaging of semantic content; pragmatics; translation studies; language user preferences; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : This master’s thesis deals with the distinct semantic weight carried by adverbials in German sentence constructions, where they can take on functions normally performed by verbs in other languages like English. While German mostly offers the same grammatical possibilities as English does to express certain types of semantic content verbally, the two languages differ when it comes to the preferences displayed by language users, with German native speakers tending to prefer adverbial constructions over verbal constructions. LÄS MER