Semantic-cognitive aspects of intensification

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, José Romerito
Data de Publicação: 2006
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Gragoatá
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33223
Resumo: The present paper aims to focuse the semantic and cognitive aspects of the intensity processes. Thus takes the theoretic accounts of Cognitive Semantics, to which language encodes the cognitive schemas structured from our experience with reality. Linguistic symbols reflect the metaphorical combinations between more “concrete” domains, acquired from the way how we conceptualize our relation with the world, and those of more abstract nature. From this point of view, we claim that intensifiers are mostly metaphorical constructions based on analogical relations with some more “concrete” concepts such as quantity, size/dimension, localization (horizontal or vertical), weight/strength and so on.
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spelling Semantic-cognitive aspects of intensificationAspectos semântico-cognitivos da intensificaçãointensity – cognitive semantics – metaphorintensificaçãosemântica cognitivametáforaThe present paper aims to focuse the semantic and cognitive aspects of the intensity processes. Thus takes the theoretic accounts of Cognitive Semantics, to which language encodes the cognitive schemas structured from our experience with reality. Linguistic symbols reflect the metaphorical combinations between more “concrete” domains, acquired from the way how we conceptualize our relation with the world, and those of more abstract nature. From this point of view, we claim that intensifiers are mostly metaphorical constructions based on analogical relations with some more “concrete” concepts such as quantity, size/dimension, localization (horizontal or vertical), weight/strength and so on.O presente trabalho tem por objetivo focalizar, especificamente, os processos de intensificação no que se refere aos seus aspectos semântico-cognitivos. Para isso busca os subsídios teóricos da semântica cognitiva, segundo a qual a linguagem codifica os esquemas cognitivos estruturados a partir de nossa experiência com a realidade. Essa codificação reflete combinações metafóricas existentes entre domínios de natureza mais “concreta”, adquiridos do modo como conceitualizamos nossa relação com o mundo, e outros de natureza mais abstrata. Nessa perspectiva, admite-se que o recurso à intensificação, em boa medida, constitui uma construção metafórica, operada pelo estabelecimento de relações analógicas com noções oriundas de determinados conceitos de base mais “concreta”, como quantidade, tamanho/dimensão, localização (horizontal ou vertical), peso/força etc.Universidade Federal Fluminense2006-12-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33223Gragoatá; Vol. 11 No. 21 (2006): Linguistic usageGragoatá; v. 11 n. 21 (2006): Usos linguísticos2358-41141413-9073reponame:Gragoatáinstname:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)instacron:UFFporhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33223/19210Copyright (c) 2019 Gragoatáinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSilva, José Romerito2020-08-18T23:29:09Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/33223Revistahttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoataPUBhttps://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/oai||revistagragoata@gmail.com2358-41141413-9073opendoar:2020-08-18T23:29:09Gragoatá - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)false
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Aspectos semântico-cognitivos da intensificação
title Semantic-cognitive aspects of intensification
spellingShingle Semantic-cognitive aspects of intensification
Silva, José Romerito
intensity – cognitive semantics – metaphor
intensificação
semântica cognitiva
metáfora
title_short Semantic-cognitive aspects of intensification
title_full Semantic-cognitive aspects of intensification
title_fullStr Semantic-cognitive aspects of intensification
title_full_unstemmed Semantic-cognitive aspects of intensification
title_sort Semantic-cognitive aspects of intensification
author Silva, José Romerito
author_facet Silva, José Romerito
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, José Romerito
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv intensity – cognitive semantics – metaphor
intensificação
semântica cognitiva
metáfora
topic intensity – cognitive semantics – metaphor
intensificação
semântica cognitiva
metáfora
description The present paper aims to focuse the semantic and cognitive aspects of the intensity processes. Thus takes the theoretic accounts of Cognitive Semantics, to which language encodes the cognitive schemas structured from our experience with reality. Linguistic symbols reflect the metaphorical combinations between more “concrete” domains, acquired from the way how we conceptualize our relation with the world, and those of more abstract nature. From this point of view, we claim that intensifiers are mostly metaphorical constructions based on analogical relations with some more “concrete” concepts such as quantity, size/dimension, localization (horizontal or vertical), weight/strength and so on.
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