Relational Semantics and the Anatomy of Abstraction

Name: Relational Semantics and the Anatomy of Abstraction
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By Tamar Sovran

Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

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Relational Semantics and the Anatomy of Abstraction explores meaning relations by linking traditional conceptual analysis with modern cognitive semantic theories. Tamar Sovran investigates how analysing cognate words exposes the structure of both actual and mental lexicons, based on the idea that language reflects thought. The book also examines metaphorical and perceptual models underlying abstract concepts and the role of abstraction in poetic metaphors, addressing key issues in philosophy of language and theoretical semantics.
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Ideal for scholars and students of philosophy, linguistics, cognitive semantics, and language theory seeking a rigorous and original treatment of conceptual meaning and abstraction.

This book presents a study of meaning relations, linking the philosophical tradition of conceptual analysis with recent theories and methodologies in cognitive semantics.

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This book presents a study of meaning relations, linking the philosophical tradition of conceptual analysis with recent theories and methodologies in cognitive semantics. Its main concern is the extent to which analysing meaning relations between cognate words reveals the infrastructure of the actual and mental lexicon, assuming that language mirrors thought.

Sovran aims to elucidate their infrastructure and the metaphorical and perceptual models that constitute abstract concepts, dealing finally with the role of abstraction in poetic metaphors. Overall, Relational Semantics and the Anatomy of Abstraction addresses major contemporary issues in the philosophy of language and theoretical semantics.

Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

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Highly regarded by experts, this work is considered indispensable for philosophers and linguists. Sovran's innovative cognitive linguistic approach offers fresh insights into conceptual analyses by philosophers like Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein, revealing a common foundational consent beneath diverse debates. — Amihud Gilead, Department of Philosophy, University of Haifa

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ISBN: 9780415703345

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 September 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 25 Line drawings, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

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Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 530g

Pages: 188

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About the Author

Tamar Sovran is Associate Professor in the Hebrew Culture Studies Department at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Relational Semantics and the Anatomy of Abstraction