Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • List of figures
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Reference and categorization
  • 1.2 Cognitive linguistics
  • 1.3 Non-focussed objectives
  • 1.4 Overview
  • 2 Philosophical issues in reference and truth
  • 2.1 Prom intension to extension
  • 2.2 The inextricability vs. the inscrutability of language
  • 2.3 The collective achievement of intensions
  • 2.4 The acquisition of knowledge and language
  • 2.5 Joining referential realism with referential holism
  • 2.6 Wittgensteinâ€?s empirical fallacy
  • 2.7 From linguistic object to the objective subject
  • 2.8 Intersubjectivizing empirical knowledge2.9 Mutual knowledge vs. relevance
  • 2.10 Chomskyâ€?s empirical paradox
  • 2.11 Linguistic competence as the atomistic residue
  • 2.12 The mind as a black box
  • 2.13 The encyclopedic unity of linguistic knowledge
  • 2.14 Conclusion
  • 3 Psychological theories of reference and categorization
  • 3.1 Gibsonâ€?s approach to ecological realism
  • 3.2 Neisserâ€?s ecological approach
  • 3.3 Piagetâ€?s constructivism
  • 3.4 Johnson-Lairdâ€?s mental model theory
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • 4 Selecting the psychological model of reference4.1 The economical abstraction of prototypes
  • 4.2 The economical processing of prototypes
  • 4.3 The semantic priority of information processing
  • 4.4 Categorization and reference
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • 5 Representing mental categorization
  • 5.1 The speakersâ€? VOLITION
  • 5.2 Prototypes and schemata
  • 5.3 Centre vs. periphery of a conceptual region
  • 5.4 Linguistic vs. encyclopedic meaning
  • 5.5 Top-down inheritance
  • 5.6 Categorization and the continuity of reference
  • 5.7 Categorization and referential integration5.8 The hierarchical representation of categorization
  • 5.9 Schematizing along the conceptual type hierarchy
  • 5.10 The unification-based formalism
  • 5.11 Distinguishing lexical vagueness from polysemy
  • 5.12 Different types of lexical vagueness
  • 5.13 Polysemy across basic cognitive domains
  • 5.14 The lexical representation of basic cognitive domains
  • 5.15 Autonomous vs. dependent predications
  • 5.16 Conclusion
  • 6 Domains of the conceptual type hierarchy
  • 6.1 Nominal predications
  • 6.2 Relational predications6.3 Conclusion
  • 7 Representing discourse domains
  • 7.1 Schemata, frames, and scripts
  • 7.2 Discourse representation by mental models
  • 7.3 Relating image schemata and mental models
  • 7.4 Inferring implicit information
  • 7.5 Conclusion
  • 8 Metonymy and metaphor as universals
  • 8.1 Metonymy as domain representation
  • 8.2 Langackerâ€?s billiard-ball model
  • 8.3 Metaphors as extensions across domains
  • 8.4 Metaphorical models of abstract domains
  • 8.5 Conclusion
  • 9 Contextual functions