cognitive semantics
- noun
- /ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv sɪˈmæntɪks/
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semántica cognitiva
- In cognitive semantics, researchers investigate how perception and memory affect the meanings we construct.
Examples
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The study of cognitive semantics explores how our mental processes influence our understanding of language.
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Understanding cognitive semantics involves examining the relationship between thought patterns and linguistic expression.
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In cognitive semantics, it needs to be resolved by transforming it into a mapping.
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But as the embodiment hypothesis from cognitive semantics purports, the body's role in this combination is fundamental.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
A study of how the mind organizes ideas so words have meaning
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The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'cognitive' (relating to mental processes) modifying 'semantics' (the study of meaning), so it denotes the study of meaning influenced by cognition. This adjective+noun combination is transparent and mirrored in many languages, making it comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Cognitive semantics comes from joining cognitive, meaning 'thinking', and semantics, meaning 'meaning'. It gives a simple picture: meaning is made by our minds, like someone naming places on a map from what they see, so the field studies how what we see, remember and think shapes the 'meaning' of words.
