Reference and clausal perception-verb complements

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ID3987128
AuthorsKasper Boye (0000-0002-7457-4969, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume48
Issue2
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling.2010.013
OpenAlexW2093099552
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited14

Clausal perception-verb complements are known to show a contrast in meaning between "object of perception" and "knowledge acquired". This contrast has traditionally been analyzed denotationally in terms of a distinction between extra-linguistic entities belonging to two ontologically different types. However, Cognitive Grammar offers an analysis which is based on a distinction between two ways of construing the same conceptual content and does not presuppose the relevant notion of extra-linguistic entities. The present paper argues that both analyses are inadequate. On the basis of a number of relevant crosslinguistic data, it argues that the contrast under scrutiny must be understood in terms of a distinction which turns on a certain link between conceptual contents and extra-linguistic entities: reference. More precisely, it must be understood in terms of a distinction between nonreferring and referring status in the sense of Lyons 1977. A conception of this distinction is outlined, and an analysis is proposed which can bridge the gap between a purely cognitive and a purely denotational approach to clause meaning. Eventually, the paper sketches how the analysis can be adopted within Cognitive Grammar

Cognition · Cognitive grammar · Cognitive linguistics · Contrast (vision) · Epistemology · Grammar · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Object (grammar) · Perception · Verb · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · linguistics and terminology studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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