From the concepts of meaning and reference to the concept of prototypicality

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Autor(a) principal: Assunção, Carlos da Costa
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Araújo, Carla, Fernandes, Gonçalo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10348/10216
Resumo: Meaning is a uniquely human phenomenon. In linguistics, this subject matter is especially complex, considering the multiplicity of theoretical approaches and the variety of disciplinary fields that address the issue. A similar concern applies to the concept of reference, because, although most linguists today agree that meaning and reference form two different realities, the discussion about the relation between these two terms has not yet been fully examined. Cognitive Linguistics has made a great contribution to this discussion by recognizing that we cannot present the postulate of the existence of a level of meaning that belongs only to language and is distinct from the level at which the meaning of linguistic forms is associated with the knowledge of the world. The objective of this work is to show that, with Cognitive Linguistics, the ideas of meaning and reference are re-equated and have gained strength in the scope of linguistic studies reinforced by the concept of prototype. For such purpose this text describes the way these concepts have evolved based on their theorisation, paying particular attention to cognitive semantics, but not intending to make an exhaustive theoretical-methodological analysis of them.
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title From the concepts of meaning and reference to the concept of prototypicality
spellingShingle From the concepts of meaning and reference to the concept of prototypicality
Assunção, Carlos da Costa
historiography of Linguistics
lexicon
semantics
meaning
reference
prototype
title_short From the concepts of meaning and reference to the concept of prototypicality
title_full From the concepts of meaning and reference to the concept of prototypicality
title_fullStr From the concepts of meaning and reference to the concept of prototypicality
title_full_unstemmed From the concepts of meaning and reference to the concept of prototypicality
title_sort From the concepts of meaning and reference to the concept of prototypicality
author Assunção, Carlos da Costa
author_facet Assunção, Carlos da Costa
Araújo, Carla
Fernandes, Gonçalo
author_role author
author2 Araújo, Carla
Fernandes, Gonçalo
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Assunção, Carlos da Costa
Araújo, Carla
Fernandes, Gonçalo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv historiography of Linguistics
lexicon
semantics
meaning
reference
prototype
topic historiography of Linguistics
lexicon
semantics
meaning
reference
prototype
description Meaning is a uniquely human phenomenon. In linguistics, this subject matter is especially complex, considering the multiplicity of theoretical approaches and the variety of disciplinary fields that address the issue. A similar concern applies to the concept of reference, because, although most linguists today agree that meaning and reference form two different realities, the discussion about the relation between these two terms has not yet been fully examined. Cognitive Linguistics has made a great contribution to this discussion by recognizing that we cannot present the postulate of the existence of a level of meaning that belongs only to language and is distinct from the level at which the meaning of linguistic forms is associated with the knowledge of the world. The objective of this work is to show that, with Cognitive Linguistics, the ideas of meaning and reference are re-equated and have gained strength in the scope of linguistic studies reinforced by the concept of prototype. For such purpose this text describes the way these concepts have evolved based on their theorisation, paying particular attention to cognitive semantics, but not intending to make an exhaustive theoretical-methodological analysis of them.
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