Semantics. Structure and function E-Book

Stefan Prahl

• Herausgeber: GRIN Verlag
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2002

Beschreibung

Essay from the year 2000 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2 (B), University of Cologne (English Seminar), language: English, abstract: Ray Jackendoff’s semantic theory presented in “Semantics and Cognition” proposes that semantics is more than a field of linguistic studies; it studies the very nature of thought and experience as well. In this essay, I will look at certain aspects of this theory and compare them to more traditional approaches to semantics. It will become apparent that Jackendoff’s theory, in the end of the day, is not only concerned with semantics but with the whole area of cognition as well. [...]