On the Conceptual Basis of the English Adjectival Category
The paper focuses on the cognitive foundation of English adjectives that denote mental characteristics of human beings. Several cognitive models have been advanced in an attempt to account for the semantic structure underlying the lexical category in question. After reviewing these models, a method...
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National Research University Higher School of Economics
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| description | The paper focuses on the cognitive foundation of English adjectives that denote mental characteristics of human beings. Several cognitive models have been advanced in an attempt to account for the semantic structure underlying the lexical category in question. After reviewing these models, a method for determining which of them most accurately captures the “cognitive reality” of English adjectival “deep structure” is proposed. The paper concludes with arguments for the inclusion of additional “motion attributes” to Lakoff’s ICM (1987), namely, “guide’s support” and “speed”. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2c4ea0cfab9466da04a38a890d46b2b2022-12-22T00:08:35ZengNational Research University Higher School of EconomicsJournal of Language and Education2411-73902015-03-01114550https://doi.org/10.17323/2411-7390-2015-1-1-45-50On the Conceptual Basis of the English Adjectival CategoryMarina Antonova0National Research University Higher School of EconomicsThe paper focuses on the cognitive foundation of English adjectives that denote mental characteristics of human beings. Several cognitive models have been advanced in an attempt to account for the semantic structure underlying the lexical category in question. After reviewing these models, a method for determining which of them most accurately captures the “cognitive reality” of English adjectival “deep structure” is proposed. The paper concludes with arguments for the inclusion of additional “motion attributes” to Lakoff’s ICM (1987), namely, “guide’s support” and “speed”.https://jle.hse.ru/article/view/1407/2037lexical categoryconceptual basecognitive modelmetaphoric conceptimage schemaarchetypical concept |
| spellingShingle | Marina Antonova On the Conceptual Basis of the English Adjectival Category Journal of Language and Education lexical category conceptual base cognitive model metaphoric concept image schema archetypical concept |
| title | On the Conceptual Basis of the English Adjectival Category |
| title_full | On the Conceptual Basis of the English Adjectival Category |
| title_fullStr | On the Conceptual Basis of the English Adjectival Category |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Conceptual Basis of the English Adjectival Category |
| title_short | On the Conceptual Basis of the English Adjectival Category |
| title_sort | on the conceptual basis of the english adjectival category |
| topic | lexical category conceptual base cognitive model metaphoric concept image schema archetypical concept |
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