Polysemy and metaphor in perception verbs : a cross-linguistic study
This thesis is a cognitive semantic account of polysemy in the semantic field of perception verbs in English, Basque and Spanish. It explores why and how our experience and understanding of the five senses constrains and shapes the way in which we create mappings between the physical domain of perception onto more metaphorical and abstract conceptual domains of experience. The different extensions of meaning in these verbs, both synchronically and diachronically, have not taken place as a result of chance, but are grounded in our own conceptualisation of these sense modalities. Secondly, the thesis focuses on how the polysemy in these verbs is obtained, whether it is localised to only these perception verbs or whether it affects the elements that complement these verbs in a sentence. Chapter 1 sets out the nature and scope of the work, explaining the purpose of examining the domain of perception verbs, and outlining the theoretical context and orientation of the study. Chapter 2 presents a synchronic typological study of the different meanings, both physical and metaphorical found in perception verbs in English, Basque and Spanish. Chapter 3 is a brief diachronic-etymological account of these perception verbs
Ibarretxe-Antunano, B. Iraide
Polysemy and metaphor in perception verbs : a cross-linguistic study. This thesis is a cognitive semantic account of polysemy in the semantic field of perception verbs in English, Basque and Spanish. It explores why and how our experience and understanding of the five senses constrains and shapes the way in which we create mappings between the physical domain of perception onto more metaphorical and abstract conceptual domains of experience. The different extensions of meaning in these verbs, both synchronically and diachronically, have not taken place as a result of chance, but are grounded in our own conceptualisation of these sense modalities. Secondly, the thesis focuses on how the polysemy in these verbs is obtained, whether it is localised to only these perception verbs or whether it affects the elements that complement these verbs in a sentence. Chapter 1 sets out the nature and scope of the work, explaining the purpose of examining the domain of perception verbs, and outlining the theoretical context and orientation of the study. Chapter 2 presents a synchronic typological study of the different meanings, both physical and metaphorical found in perception verbs in English, Basque and Spanish. Chapter 3 is a brief diachronic-etymological account of these perception verbs
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