Polysemy, Diachrony, and the Circle of Cognition / Michael Fortescue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fortescue, Michael, author.

Series:

Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; Volume 28.

Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Summary:

Verbs of mental states or activity constitute a subject of considerable interest to both Cognitive Linguistics and Linguistic Typology. They promise to open a window on the invisible workings of the mind, while at the same time displaying a wide variety of historical sources across languages. In this book Michael Fortescue presents an innovative approach to the semantics and diachronic source of cognitive verbs across a representative array of the world's languages. The relationship among the cognitive verbs of individual languages is essentially one of metonymy, and the book investigates in detail the specific metonymic relationships involved, as revealed largely by the polysemous spread of word meanings. The data is projected against a circular 'map' of interrelated cognitive categories.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page / Author: Michael Fortescue

Abbreviations / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 1 Introduction / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 2 Thinking in General / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 3 Understanding / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 4 Knowing / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 5 Believing / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 6 Remembering / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 7 Thinking about / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 8 Judging (Considering) / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 9 Calculating / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 10 Deciding / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 11 Guessing / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 12 Intending / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 13 Imagining / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 14 Expecting / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 15 Wishing / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 16 Emotional Feelings / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 17 Surprise / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 18 Experiencing (Feeling) / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 19 Perceiving (Noticing) / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 20 Recognizing / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 21 Full Circle / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 22 What a Surprise! A Closer Look at a Cinderella Category / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 23 The Cross-Linguistic Expression of Categories of Emotion / Author: Michael Fortescue.

Chapter 24 Seeming: An Odd One Out? / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 25 Guess: How a Single Category Can Involve All Others / Author: Michael Fortescue

Chapter 26 Conclusions / Author: Michael Fortescue

Back Matter

Sources for Languages Cited / Author: Michael Fortescue

Appendix 1 A Sentimental Circle / Author: Michael Fortescue

Appendix 2 Raw Lexical Data / Author: Michael Fortescue

References / Author: Michael Fortescue

Indexes / Author: Michael Fortescue.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004449527

9004449523

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004449527 DOI