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Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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The present paper deals with the denomination of colors in Polish, and investigates the ways colo... more The present paper deals with the denomination of colors in Polish, and investigates the ways colors are conceptualized in two types of practices, artistic and decorative. Contrary to the universal approach advocated by Berlin and Kay (1969) that is focused on basic colors terms and that has been largely followed by scholars in linguistics and cognitive sciences, this study shows how colors are expressed by a variety of lexical structures revealing the diversity of semantic domains from which they are drawn. Following Dubois and Grinevald (1999, 2003) and Dubois (2006, 2008, inter alia), the study points out to different modes of conceptualizing colors in the artistic and the decorative domains in order to show that color denomination is closely associated with specific cultural practices.
Each type of lexicalization pattern engenders a type of style.
This chapter explores the expression of placement (or Goal-oriented) and removal (or Source-orien... more This chapter explores the expression of placement (or Goal-oriented) and removal (or Source-oriented) events by speakers of Polish (a West Slavic language). Its aim is to investigate the hypothesis known as 'Source/Goal asymmetry' according to which languages tend to favor the expression of Goals (e.g., into, onto) and to encode them more systematically and in a more finegrained way than Sources (e.g., from, out of). The study provides both evidence and counter-evidence for Source/Goal asymmetry. On the one hand, it shows that Polish speakers use a greater variety of verbs to convey Manner and/or mode of manipulation in the expression of placement, encoding such events in a more fine-grained manner than removal events. The expression of placement is also characterized by a greater variety of verb prefixes conveying Path and prepositional phrases (including prepositions and case markers) conveying Ground. On the other hand, the study reveals that Polish speakers attend to Sources as often as to Goals, revealing no evidence for an attentional bias toward the endpoints of events.
Langages, 2009
The paper investigates the use of manner verbs (e.g. marcher 'to walk', courir 'to run') with so-... more The paper investigates the use of manner verbs (e.g. marcher 'to walk', courir 'to run') with so-called locative prepositions (e.g. dans 'in', sous 'under') in the descriptions of motion in French, as in Il a couru dans le bureau 'He ran in(to) the office', to explore the type of events such constructions express and factors that influence their interpretation. Based on an extensive corpus survey, the study shows that, contrary to the general claim according to which such constructions express typically motion in some location, they are also frequently used to express change of location. The study points out to the interplay of various factors that contribute to the interpretation of these constructions, including semantic, aspectual and pragmatic factors.
The present paper deals with the denomination of colors in Polish, and investigates the ways colo... more The present paper deals with the denomination of colors in Polish, and investigates the ways colors are conceptualized in two types of practices, artistic and decorative. Contrary to the universal approach advocated by Berlin and Kay (1969) that is focused on basic colors terms and that has been largely followed by scholars in linguistics and cognitive sciences, this study shows how colors are expressed by a variety of lexical structures revealing the diversity of semantic domains from which they are drawn. Following Dubois and Grinevald (1999, 2003) and Dubois (2006, 2008, inter alia), the study points out to different modes of conceptualizing colors in the artistic and the decorative domains in order to show that color denomination is closely associated with specific cultural practices.
Each type of lexicalization pattern engenders a type of style.
This chapter explores the expression of placement (or Goal-oriented) and removal (or Source-orien... more This chapter explores the expression of placement (or Goal-oriented) and removal (or Source-oriented) events by speakers of Polish (a West Slavic language). Its aim is to investigate the hypothesis known as 'Source/Goal asymmetry' according to which languages tend to favor the expression of Goals (e.g., into, onto) and to encode them more systematically and in a more finegrained way than Sources (e.g., from, out of). The study provides both evidence and counter-evidence for Source/Goal asymmetry. On the one hand, it shows that Polish speakers use a greater variety of verbs to convey Manner and/or mode of manipulation in the expression of placement, encoding such events in a more fine-grained manner than removal events. The expression of placement is also characterized by a greater variety of verb prefixes conveying Path and prepositional phrases (including prepositions and case markers) conveying Ground. On the other hand, the study reveals that Polish speakers attend to Sources as often as to Goals, revealing no evidence for an attentional bias toward the endpoints of events.
Langages, 2009
The paper investigates the use of manner verbs (e.g. marcher 'to walk', courir 'to run') with so-... more The paper investigates the use of manner verbs (e.g. marcher 'to walk', courir 'to run') with so-called locative prepositions (e.g. dans 'in', sous 'under') in the descriptions of motion in French, as in Il a couru dans le bureau 'He ran in(to) the office', to explore the type of events such constructions express and factors that influence their interpretation. Based on an extensive corpus survey, the study shows that, contrary to the general claim according to which such constructions express typically motion in some location, they are also frequently used to express change of location. The study points out to the interplay of various factors that contribute to the interpretation of these constructions, including semantic, aspectual and pragmatic factors.