PERSPECTIVIZATION AND CONTEXTUALIZATION IN SEMANTIC ANALYSIS: A PARSIMONIOUS POLYSEMY APPROACH TO IN

Authors

LU Wei-lun

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Studia linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web http://www.ejournals.eu/Studia-Linguistica/2017/%20Issue-3/art/10119/
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.17.017.7091
Field Linguistics
Keywords relevance; contextualization; polysemy; perspectivization; Modified Occam’s Razor
Description This paper presents a highly contextualizing approach to the meaning pattern of in. It introduces perspectivization (or vantage point taking) as an important cognitive pragmatic mechanism that accounts for meaning variation of prepositions. In addition, contextualization is included as an important part of the methodology for sense decision. It is hoped that the proposed model can shed light on the connection between cognitive semantics and the cognitive pragmatic principle of relevance.

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