scholarly journals A Cognitive Semantic Approach to the Polysemy of off

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-174
Author(s):  
Jiaojiao Shi ◽  
최영주
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Cognitive Semantic

scholarly journals ASMÂ YAUM AL-QIYÂMAH FÎ AL-QUR’ÂN AL-KARÎM MIN KHILÂL AL-MANZHÛR AL-DALÂLÎ AL-MA’RIFÎ WA QIYAMUHU AL-TARBAWIYAH AL-RÛHIYAH

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Abdul Kosim ◽  
Tajudin Nur ◽  
T. Fuad Wahab ◽  
Wahya Wahya
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Spiritual Education ◽  
Target Domain ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Source Domain ◽  
State Time ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Time Movement

This study aimed to discuss the names of judgment day in the Qur'an through cognitive semantic approach and the values of spiritual education. Through the cognitive semantic approach, the conception of meaning to describe the judgment day in the Qur’an was formulated by mapping the meaning resulted from the source domain (Sd) to target domain (Sd). To show and compare references in (Sd) to (Td), referential technique was used. From organizing (Sd) to (Td) on metaphorical expressions which showed the judgment day in the Qur'an, the conceptions of the meaning of state, time, movement, and change were generated. The studies on the names of judgment day in the Qur'an influence the value of moral education, which is able to increase faith in God, observe nature and its big symptoms, create good character between God and man, and believe in God’s noble character.

scholarly journals Russian and Negative Prefixing: A Cognitive-Semantic Approach to the Negative Adjective Prefixing in Russian, Spanish, Persian, and English

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Rajdeep Singh
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Morphological Process ◽  
Slavic Languages ◽  
Cognitive Context ◽  
Negative Adjective ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
Insight Into

Negative prefixing has always been an important and intriguing morphological process, through which adjectives are formed in many different languages. However, there are limits to negative prefixing. In this study, we introduce the novel concept of Polarity Flexibility, through which the limitations for the negative prefixing are accounted for. Furthermore, we conducted an experiment to investigate whether the PF is an active cognitive process. The results of the experiment confirm our hypothesis and the fact that Polarity Flexibility does indeed influence the cognitive processing. In our study, we introduce the notion of the syntactic arrangement which influences the negative prefixing. Therefore, we compare Russian, Persian, Spanish and English in negative prefixing to show how much the cognitive processes are influenced by the syntactic formations. Russian as a representative of Slavic languages brings an important insight into the way syntax plays role in the semantic-cognitive context.

scholarly journals Auxiliary Verbs in Serbo-Croatian, French, Persian, Spanish and English: A Cognitive-Semantic Approach to the Auxiliary Verb Usage and Passive Voice

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Rajdeep Singh
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Classification Scheme ◽  
Duality Principle ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Auxiliary Verbs ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
French And English ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
The Way

Auxiliary verbs have an important influence in the way languages connect with the cognitive processes. In this study, we investigate the role of auxiliary verbs in the formation of the semantic picture we get from their usage. Furthermore, the semantic notion and its interaction with the cognitive processing are taken into account. For our goal to be more tangible and testable, we took Serbo-Croatian, Persian, Spanish, French and English for an in-depth analysis, wherefrom we proposed a classification scheme for all languages based on the behavior of their auxiliary verbs. Based on the proposed model, we investigate furthermore the passive voice in English and propose a strong explanation for the cognitive-semantic sense of the passive in English based on the cognitive duality principle. Importance of Croatian in the way that it forms an extreme pole in the proposed classification scheme is further discussed. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that Persian has a syntactic incorporation in its simple past and present perfect. 

scholarly journals The Functions And Linguistic Analysis Of Metaphor In The Holy Qur’an

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Ali ◽  
Ahmad El-Sharif ◽  
Mohamad Sayel Alzyoud
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Metaphorical Language ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
And Function

The paper aims to tackle the function of metaphor in the Qur’an within the theoretical framework put forward by Lakoff & Turner (1989). This theory is known as the Cognitive Theory of Metaphor. It shows how the Qur’an is structured around the idea of the variety of meaning of lexical items, and how every correspondence between the two domains of “literal” and “non-literal” can fit into it. However, such an application of cognitive semantic approach can provide valuable insights. These insights enhance the overall aim of this paper which is to prove the linguistic creativity of the Qur'an through applying the cognitive theory of metaphor. This paper outlines the basis from which the Qur'an should be considered not only as a book of religious teachings, but also as a linguistic miracle for Arabs (Elsharif, 2011). The structure of this paper is presented as follows. First, we introduce the theoretical background and arguments of this study. Afterwards, we underline the significance of this study and its contribution to the field. In the following section, we present the definition and function of metaphor. Next, we embark on the linguistic analysis of metaphor in the holy Qur’an, metaphorical language and its use in discourse, and metaphor and Islamic religious discourse. Finally, we end the essay with a concluding paragraph.

Bilingual representation of distance in visual-verbal sign systems: A case study of Guo Xi’s Early Spring

Semiotica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (222) ◽  
pp. 47-80
Author(s):  
Chengzhi Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Functional Model ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Virtual Museums ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Perception Theory ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Analytical Tools

AbstractThe purely cognitive semantic approach to verbal distance representation has recently been enriched from the perspective of visual perception theory. Focusing on visual pragmatic effects, the present paper will use distance cues as a set of analytical tools and adopt the cognitive-functional model proposed elsewhere to further explore the issue of visual-verbal coherence through Guo Xi’s Early Spring and the bilingual museum catalogue entries attached to it, in physical exhibitions or virtual museums, with a particular view to explaining how a linguistics- or stylistics-based analysis endorses the interpretation of a specific artwork on discursive and cultural levels.

scholarly journals Models of Artistic-Figurative Metaphors of Wisdom in English Fairy Tales

2019 ◽  
pp. 87-94
Author(s):  
N. D. Kishchenko
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
English Language ◽  
Conceptual Metaphor ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
The World ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The One

The article uses a cognitive-semantic approach to the study of metaphor, through which prisms all abstract phenomenon is considered as an image sensory knowledge and perception of the world, existing in the experience of the speaker. An attempt has been made, on the one hand, to differentiate language, artistic and folk-poetic metaphors, on the other hand, to consider them as components of a conceptual metaphor, which includes artistic figurative metaphors of Wisdom. The correlation between the metaphorical concept and the conceptual metaphor, which forms the two main layers: figurative and value, is specified. The spheres-sources of conceptual art-figurative metaphors of Wisdom in the discourse of English-language fairy tales, revealing schemes of rethinking of the phenomena of the world and the mechanisms of metaphorisation are revealed.It has been established that metaphorically, wisdom has the size, it can vary, grow and develop, is a certain thing that a person has, has quantitative parameters inherent in animals, inherent in non-existence in general, is love, a receptacle for storing information, is differentiated on the basis of youth and old age, is a description of the environment, some surface, has a voice, is the key to understanding and identifying meaning, and so on. It is proved that in the discourse of the English-speaking fairy tale, Wisdom appears as the actual concept, formed on the basis of conceptual metaphors. Conceptual metaphors that form the concept of wisdom are represented by five major productive metaphorical models with their submodels: WISDOM is a LIGHT; WISDOM is a MIRROR; WISDOM is the FIRE; WISDOM is an OBJECT; WISDOM is HUMAN.

scholarly journals CONCEPTUALISATION OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION IN THE HOLY QURAN: A COGNITIVE-SEMANTIC APPROACH

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Sardaraz Khan ◽  
Roslan Ali
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Metaphor ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Key Words And Phrases ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Semantic Approach ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
Domain Mapping ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
The Holy Quran

Conceptual metaphor is the discursive linguistic strategy employed in the Holy Quran to imprint upon the human mind the Quranic worldview. This approach can better explain the abstract concepts of death and resurrection in the Holy Quran through cross domain mapping with human experiential concepts. Traditional exegetes and rhetoricians missed this phenomenon in the Holy Quran because of their preoccupation with rhetorical and theological aspects of death and resurrection. The existing cognitive semantic research has also paid little or no attention to the investigation of death and resurrection in the Holy Quran. Therefore, this paper attempts to investigate the conceptual metaphor themes of death and resurrection in the Holy Quran. Data were retrieved from the Holy Quran on the basis of key words and phrases encapsulating the abstract concepts of death and resurrection. The analysis of data reveals various conceptual metaphor themes. It is also found that the data question the asymmetrical hypothesis of conceptual metaphor theory and its role as a sole model of metaphor interpretation. This study is part of the growing research on conceptual metaphor in the Holy Quran and is hoped to contribute to further research on the cognitive semantic analysis of the Holy Quran.  Keywords: cognition, cognitive-semantic, conceptual metaphor, experiential gestalt, QuranCite as: Khan, S. & Ali, R. (2016). Conceptualisation of death and resurrection in the holy Quran: A cognitive-semantic approach. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 1(2), 11-24.

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