Cognitive Lexicography : A New Approach to Lexicography Making Use of Cognitive Semantics


Carolin. Ostermann
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Berlin/Boston : : De Gruyter, , 2015.
Omfang
1 online resource (392 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Preface; Contents; 1 A new approach to lexicography; 2 A history of learner lexicography; 2.1 English lexicography up to the 20th century; 2.1.1 The beginnings: glosses and hard words; 2.1.2 Johnson, Murray and Webster; 2.2 Genesis of learner's dictionaries; 2.2.1 Influential figures for EFL-lexicography; 2.2.2 Linguistic research; 2.3 Generations of learner's dictionaries; 2.3.1 Survey of publications and editions; 2.3.2 Different features and approaches; 3 Principles of learner lexicography; 3.1 The form of the dictionary; 3.1.1 The genre of monolingual learner's dictionaries. - 3.1.2 Macrostructure and microstructure3.1.3 Multiple forms and meanings; 3.2 Defining practice; 3.2.1 Defining formats; 3.2.2 Defining principles and defining vocabularies; 3.3 Further means of meaning explanation; 3.3.1 Example sentences; 3.3.2 Illustrations and other features; 3.4 On lexicography as a science; 4 Cognitive linguistics and lexicography; 4.1 Combining two disciplines; 4.1.1 The relationship of the disciplines; 4.1.2 Cognitive linguistics as a new input; 4.2 Categorisation in dictionaries; 4.2.1 Human categorisation; 4.2.1.1 The horizontal level; 4.2.1.2 The vertical level. - 4.2.2 Categorisation in definitions and illustrations4.2.2.1 Lexicography on categorisation; 4.2.2.2 Birds in the dictionary; 4.3 Cognitive Lexicography; 5 Person-denoting nouns; 5.1 Frame semantics; 5.1.1 Frames and scripts in cognitive linguistics; 5.1.2 Frame semantics applied to lexicography; 5.1.2.1 Risk, FrameNet and other approaches; 5.1.2.2 Frame-based dictionaries and example sentences; 5.2 Cognitive frame example sections; 5.2.1 Person-denoting nouns and their frames; 5.2.2 Cognitive frame-example structure; 5.2.3 Frame example sections; 5.2.4 A cognitive macrostructure. - 5.3 Analysis of dictionary examples5.3.1 "The Big Five"; 5.3.2 OALD1-OALD8; 5.4 User-studies of cognitive frame examples; 5.4.1 Dictionaries and vocabulary learning; 5.4.2 Testing productive use: gap-fill task; 5.4.2.1 Methodology; 5.4.2.2 Design of materials; 5.4.2.3 Results and discussion; 5.4.3 A further step: vocabulary task; 5.4.3.1 Methodology; 5.4.3.2 Design of materials; 5.4.3.3 Results and discussion; 5.4.4 General discussion of results; 6 Abstract nouns: emotion terms; 6.1 Cognitive approaches to emotion terms; 6.1.1 Conceptual Metaphor and Metonymy Theory. - 6.1.2 Metaphor and metonymy and emotion terms6.1.3 Further research on emotion terms; 6.1.3.1 Research in psychology; 6.1.3.2 Semantic primitives; 6.2 Cognitive definitions of emotion terms; 6.2.1 The set of emotion terms; 6.2.2 Cognitive defining format; 6.2.3 Definitions of basic emotion terms; 6.2.4 Definitions of complex emotion terms; 6.3 Analysis of dictionary definitions; 6.3.1 Basic emotion terms; 6.3.1.1 "The Big Five"; 6.3.1.2 OALD1-OALD8; 6.3.2 Complex emotion terms; 6.3.2.1 "The Big Five"; 6.3.2.2 OALD1-OALD8; 6.4 User-studies of cognitive definitions. - 6.4.1 Study of basic emotions: emotion-naming task. - Cognitive Lexicography demonstrates how insights gained in cognitive semantic research can be applied to different parts of the traditional English monolingual dictionary entry. Three features are developed, and cover the example section, the definitions, and the microstructure of polysemous entries, each for a different set of lexemes. Dictionary analyses related to all features and user studies on two of the features complement the approach.
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