Attention and meaning : the attentional basis of meaning / Giorgio Marchetti, Giulio Benedetti, and Ahlam Alharbi, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marchetti, Giorgio, editor.

Benedetti, Giulio, 1956- editor.

Alharbi, Ahlam, editor.

Series:

Languages and linguistics series.

Languages and Linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics--Data processing.

Semantics.

Focus (Linguistics).

Attention.

Meaning (Psychology).

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Among the cognitive processes involved in the construction of any kind of meaning, attention is fundamental in determining why, how and what we mean. Attention plays a primary role in the process of learning the meanings of words and more generally of acquiring knowledge; signification, discourse and persuasion; perceiving, representing and (re)framing reality; shaping the attitudes of the audience; conveying values and ideologies. Conversely, the meanings of words and more generally, of signs, convey the condensed instructions for the attentional operations one has to perform in order to cons

Contents:

ATTENTION AND MEANING: THE ATTENTIONAL BASIS OF MEANING; ATTENTION AND MEANING: THE ATTENTIONAL BASIS OF MEANING; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Introduction; References; Chapter 1: Operational Linguistics: A Brief Introduction; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. The Most Emblematic Case of a Supposed Extensive Polysemy: The Genitive; 3. Operational Linguistics in Brief; 3.1. The Origins of OL; 3.2. The Fundamental Theses of OL; 4. Another Case of Supposed Extensive Polysemy: Preposition "With"/Verbs "To Have" and "To Get"

5. A Grammatical Concept Difficult to Be Defined:"Noun"; 6. The Other Main Features of OL in Brief; 7. A Comparison between OL and Other Approaches; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2: Attentional Semantics: An Overview; Pozzo d'Adda, Italy; Abstract; 1. Consciousness: The Organ of Meaning; 1.1. Additional Comments; 2. The Conscious Experience of Meanings; 3. Linguistic Meaning; 4. Attentional Semantics; 5. The Antecedent of Attentional Semantics; 5.1. Silvio Ceccato's Work; 5.2. The Drawbacks of Ceccato's Proposal

6. The Importance of Non-Attentional Operations for Attentional Semantics6.1. Mental Activity Consists of Conscious and Unconscious Operations; 6.2. A Classification of Conscious Experiences Elicited and Produced by the Joint Activity of the Organ of Attention and Other Organs; 6.2.1. Conscious Experiences Determined by the Application of Attention to Other Organs; 6.2.2. Conscious Experiences Determined by the Influence on the Organ of Attention of Other Organs and the Physical Substrate of the Body

6.2.3. Conscious Experiences Resulting from Operations, Performed by Other Organs, on the Products of the Activity of the Organ of Attention6.2.4. Conscious Experiences Resulting from Activities that Are Triggered, Organized and Controlled by Earlier Conscious Mental Acts; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Attentional Semantics and Reading; Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais - PUC Minas; Coração Eucarístico Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Lexical Reading Routes; 3. Sign Migration and Meaning Dissemination; 3.1. Sign Migration; 3.2. Meaning Dissemination

4. Textual AnalysisConclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix; References; Chapter 4: A Cognitivist Attentional Semantics of Locative Prepositions; Philosophical Faculty, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Aspects of Spatial Semantics; 3. Approaches to Locative Semantics; 3.1. Region Approaches; 3.2. Vector Space Approach; 3.3. Image-Schematic Approaches; 3.4. Functional Approaches; 3.5. Attentional Approaches; 4. (Mis) Conceptions in Standard Locative Semantics

Misconception #1: Confusing "Purpose of" with "Meaning of" and Ignoring the Implicit/Explicit-Dichotomy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63463-932-4