TY - BOOK AU - Zelinsky-Wibbelt,Cornelia TI - Discourse and the continuity of reference: representing mental categorization SN - 9783110808698 AV - P325.5.R44 Z45 2000eb U1 - 401/.43/019 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Berlin, New York PB - Mouton de Gruyter KW - Reference (Linguistics) KW - Categorization (Psychology) KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Discourse analysis KW - Language and languages KW - Philosophy KW - Référence (Linguistique) KW - Catégorisation (Psychologie) KW - Psycholinguistique KW - Langage et langues KW - Philosophie KW - psycholinguistics KW - aat KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Linguistics KW - Semantics KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Kognition KW - gnd KW - Begriffsbildung KW - Referenz KW - Linguistik KW - Cognitieve linguïstiek KW - gtt KW - Referentie KW - Categorieën (taalkunde) KW - Electronic books N1 - Revision of the author's Habilitationsschrift--Hanover University; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- List of figures -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Reference and categorization -- 1.2 Cognitive linguistics -- 1.3 Non-focussed objectives -- 1.4 Overview -- 2 Philosophical issues in reference and truth -- 2.1 Prom intension to extension -- 2.2 The inextricability vs. the inscrutability of language -- 2.3 The collective achievement of intensions -- 2.4 The acquisition of knowledge and language -- 2.5 Joining referential realism with referential holism -- 2.6 Wittgensteinâ€?s empirical fallacy -- 2.7 From linguistic object to the objective subject; 2.8 Intersubjectivizing empirical knowledge2.9 Mutual knowledge vs. relevance -- 2.10 Chomskyâ€?s empirical paradox -- 2.11 Linguistic competence as the atomistic residue -- 2.12 The mind as a black box -- 2.13 The encyclopedic unity of linguistic knowledge -- 2.14 Conclusion -- 3 Psychological theories of reference and categorization -- 3.1 Gibsonâ€?s approach to ecological realism -- 3.2 Neisserâ€?s ecological approach -- 3.3 Piagetâ€?s constructivism -- 3.4 Johnson-Lairdâ€?s mental model theory -- 3.5 Conclusion; 4 Selecting the psychological model of reference4.1 The economical abstraction of prototypes -- 4.2 The economical processing of prototypes -- 4.3 The semantic priority of information processing -- 4.4 Categorization and reference -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Representing mental categorization -- 5.1 The speakersâ€? VOLITION -- 5.2 Prototypes and schemata -- 5.3 Centre vs. periphery of a conceptual region -- 5.4 Linguistic vs. encyclopedic meaning -- 5.5 Top-down inheritance -- 5.6 Categorization and the continuity of reference; 5.7 Categorization and referential integration5.8 The hierarchical representation of categorization -- 5.9 Schematizing along the conceptual type hierarchy -- 5.10 The unification-based formalism -- 5.11 Distinguishing lexical vagueness from polysemy -- 5.12 Different types of lexical vagueness -- 5.13 Polysemy across basic cognitive domains -- 5.14 The lexical representation of basic cognitive domains -- 5.15 Autonomous vs. dependent predications -- 5.16 Conclusion -- 6 Domains of the conceptual type hierarchy -- 6.1 Nominal predications; 6.2 Relational predications6.3 Conclusion -- 7 Representing discourse domains -- 7.1 Schemata, frames, and scripts -- 7.2 Discourse representation by mental models -- 7.3 Relating image schemata and mental models -- 7.4 Inferring implicit information -- 7.5 Conclusion -- 8 Metonymy and metaphor as universals -- 8.1 Metonymy as domain representation -- 8.2 Langackerâ€?s billiard-ball model -- 8.3 Metaphors as extensions across domains -- 8.4 Metaphorical models of abstract domains -- 8.5 Conclusion -- 9 Contextual functions; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=560818 ER -