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Semantic primes and conceptual ontology
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
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I Introduction
- Ontolinguistics – An outline 3
- Ontologies across disciplines 23
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II Foundations, general ontologies, and linguistic categories
- The emergence of a shared action ontology: Building blocks for a theory 71
- Formal representation of concepts: The Suggested Upper Merged Ontology and its use in linguistics 103
- Linguistic interaction and ontological mediation 115
- Semantic primes and conceptual ontology 145
- Using ‘Ontolinguistics’ for language description 175
- Language as mind sharing device: Mental and linguistic concepts in a general ontology of everyday life 193
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III Concepts with closed-class coding
- The representation of spatial structure in spoken and signed language: A neural model 231
- Postural categories and the classification of nominal concepts: A case study of Goemai 279
- Spatial ‘on’ – ‘in’ categories and their prepositional codings across languages: Universal constraints on language specificity 299
- Semantic categorizations and encoding strategies 331
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IV Categories with open-class coding
- Taxonomic and meronomic superordinates with nominal coding 359
- Motion events in concept hierarchies: Identity criteria and French examples 379
- On the ontological, conceptual, and grammatical foundations of verb classes 395
- The ontological loneliness of verb phrase idioms 419
- Relating ontological knowledge and internal structure of eventity concepts 435
- Backmatter 459
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
-
I Introduction
- Ontolinguistics – An outline 3
- Ontologies across disciplines 23
-
II Foundations, general ontologies, and linguistic categories
- The emergence of a shared action ontology: Building blocks for a theory 71
- Formal representation of concepts: The Suggested Upper Merged Ontology and its use in linguistics 103
- Linguistic interaction and ontological mediation 115
- Semantic primes and conceptual ontology 145
- Using ‘Ontolinguistics’ for language description 175
- Language as mind sharing device: Mental and linguistic concepts in a general ontology of everyday life 193
-
III Concepts with closed-class coding
- The representation of spatial structure in spoken and signed language: A neural model 231
- Postural categories and the classification of nominal concepts: A case study of Goemai 279
- Spatial ‘on’ – ‘in’ categories and their prepositional codings across languages: Universal constraints on language specificity 299
- Semantic categorizations and encoding strategies 331
-
IV Categories with open-class coding
- Taxonomic and meronomic superordinates with nominal coding 359
- Motion events in concept hierarchies: Identity criteria and French examples 379
- On the ontological, conceptual, and grammatical foundations of verb classes 395
- The ontological loneliness of verb phrase idioms 419
- Relating ontological knowledge and internal structure of eventity concepts 435
- Backmatter 459