Review article
Conceptualization and aspects of construal: fundamental cognitive linguistic notions
Renata Geld
Abstract
Cognitive linguistics, which developed as a reaction to formal approaches to language, emphasizes
the importance of cognitive operations in structuring experience, as reflected in language as
a conceptualizing tool. Thus, language is seen as inseparable from other cognitive systems, and
meaning is viewed as dynamic and subjective. The subjectivity of linguistic meaning refers to dynamic
meaning construal which implies human ability to see and describe the same objective scene
in different ways. The aim of this paper is to present fundamental aspects of construal and
demonstrate its relevance for the analysis and description of Croatian. In addition to explaining
well-established theoretical foundations and illustrating them, the paper offers Croatian translations
of key cognitive linguistic notions.
Keywords
meaning construal; aspects of meaning construal; cognitive linguistics; Croatian language
Hrčak ID:
13494
URI
Publication date:
25.9.2006.
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