A cognitive semantic analysis of locative and spatial constructions in Bangla

2021 ◽  
pp. 339-360
Author(s):  
Sanjukta Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Semantic

scholarly journals Conceptual Metaphor about Corona Virus: Cognitive Semantic Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Irzam Sarif S ◽  
Yuyu Yohana Risagarniwa ◽  
Nani Sunarni
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Scale Space ◽  
Press Conference ◽  
Target Domain ◽  
Treatment Control ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Conceptual Meaning

Abstract. Conceptual metaphors are the result of mental construction, conceptualization of the experience of human life. In Japanese, metaphorical features are often found in conveying information so that information can be easily understood. This study aimed to describe the conceptual metaphors found at the Japanese Prime Minister's Press Conference, Shinzo Abe on March 14 and 28, 2020 through the official website kantei.go.jp. The research method used was descriptive qualitative analysis. Data were collected by taking text that contained metaphorical elements and then selected. Data selection was based on the basic principle of metaphor, which was the mapping from the source domain to the target domain. Then the data were classified based on the type of metaphor by Lakoff and Johnson and the type of image scheme by Cruse and Croft. Based on the study done, there were three types of conceptual metaphors, 1) Structural metaphors with conceptuals meaning of enemy, medical treatment, control, and mind; 2) Orientational metaphors with conceptual meaning of disadvantage, and approval; 3) Ontological metaphors with conceptuals meaning of finance, and emotion. In addition, there were also six types of image schemes, namely the image scheme of Strength, Existence, Identity, Scale, Space, and Unity.Keywords: Conceptual Meaning, Press Conference, Cognitive Semantic, Image Scheme

CONCEPTUALIZATION AND CATEGORIZATION OF SIMPLEX DEVERBAL NOUNS WITH -ER

2021 ◽  
pp. 117-124
Author(s):  
MILANA I. AVETISYAN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Modeling ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cognitive Semantic

The article reveals the conceptualization and categorization peculiarities of simplex deverbal nouns with -er. The research is based on the extensive empiric material and is carried out at the interface of the structural and cognitive linguistics theories. The latter are represented by the methods of semantic decomposition, structural and cognitive-semantic analysis along with the method of conceptual modeling. The carried out analysis has allowed the author to elucidate that the lexis stratum under study falls into the subcategories with the cognitive basis expressed via the concepts “animate doer’, “instrument”, “event” and “purpose location”. Having processed the empirical data the author highlights and systema- tizes the integral and differential parameters which underlie the meaning of the -er nominatives from the above mentioned categories. It has also been found out that the category “an- imate doer” has the most complicated conceptual structure and serves as a feeder for the other categories. These observations indicate the anthropocentricity of the -er deverbals semantics.

scholarly journals Niedzwiedzia Przysluga?Bear’s Favor? Hidden Garden behind the Concrete Proverbs: Cognitive-Semantic Analysis of Proverbs in Persian, Polish and Spanish

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Rajdeep Singh
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Generation Gap ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Value Ethics ◽  
The Way

Proverbs help us understand how the society works at large and what are the main concerns regarding the environment, people-to-people exchange and notions of liberty, freedom and values.  In some cultures such as the Iranian one, the way one uses proverbs depends on the generation one finds herself in. Generation-gap provides opportunity to transfer some abstract and complicated concepts, not available in modern life, through the use of proverbs. From childhood, by hearing proverbs from parents and grand-parents, children begin grasping some important national and even religious concepts. In order to represent a rather international, holistic view and not language-specific, we analyzed further Polish, French and Spanish proverbs, whenever deemed necessary. The present paper through cognitive-semantic and content analysis aims to reveal the implied systems of value, ethics and morality realized through proverbs. The results clearly indicate that proverbs cover different systems of values through elements such as artifacts, animals, human body parts and even imaginary, nature-derived elements.

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