Prepositional Network Models. A hermeneutical case study

Andrzej Pawelec

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Pawelec, Andrzej. Prepositional Network Models. A hermeneutical case study. Red. . Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2009, 195 s. ISBN 978-83-233-2868-1

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cognitive linguistics, network models, modelling of prepositional polysemy

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Primarily, it presents an ongoing debate in cognitive linguistics about the modelling of prepositional polysemy, known as "the story of over". Additionally, it discusses a Polish counterpart - "the story of za(-)" ...

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INTRODUCTION8
CHAPTER 0. THE HERMENEUTICAL SITUATION18
0.0. Introductory remarks18
0.1. The hermeneutical perspective18
0.2. Prototype effects and categorization23
0.3. Cognitive linguistics as prototype semantics35
0.4. The intractability of polysemy43
0.5. A recapitulation52
CHAPTER 1. NETWORK MODELS: FOUNDATIONAL ACCOUNTS56
1.0. Introductory remarks56
1.1. Motivations behind the Langackerian and Lakoffian model58
1.2. Schematic networks62
1.2.1. A resume of Langacker’s position62
1.2.2. A discussion67
1.3. Radial categories71
1.3.1. A resume of Lakoff’s radial model of over73
1.3.2. A critique76
1.4. Concluding remarks78
CHAPTER 2. THE STORY OF over82
2.0. Introductory remarks82
2.1. A consistently imagistic model82
2.2. A three-level account86
2.3. A principled polysemy network89
2.4. The case of (all) over99
2.5. A discussion103
CHAPTER 3. THE STORY OF za(-)108
3.0. Introductory remarks108
3.1. A network model of the preposition za109
3.2. A network model of the verbal prefix za-115
3.3. Some diachronic observations on the prefix za-119
3.4. A discussion126
CHAPTER 4. COGNITIVE “DIACHRONY WITHIN SYNCHRONY”?132
4.0. Introductory remarks132
4.1. Saussure: synchrony vs. diachrony132
4.2. Logical diachrony: the case of “length, width, and potential passing”136
4.3. The status of network models144
CHAPTER 5. THE HERMENEUTICAL CODA152
5.0. Introductory remarks152
5.1. Language, thought, and reality153
5.1.1. Teaching chimps symbols158
5.1.2. The mimetic origins of language163
5.1.3. First words of a child166
5.1.4. Words as “stopping orders”167
5.1.5. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis168
5.2. The formalism of linguistics: a Gadamerian view173
5.3. A plea for “expressive” linguistics177
REFERENCES182

INTRODUCTION

Thisbookhasatwo-levelstructure.Itscentralpartisacasestudyofacogni-

tiveapproachtotherepresentationoflexical“senses”,whichissometimescalled

“prototypesemantics”(cf.Kleiber2003[1990]).Thisinitialdelimitationofthe

“object”ofinvestigationmeritssomecomment.

Thelabel“prototypesemantics”serveswellasasignofoppositiontoprevi-

ous,moreopenlystructuralist1approachestotherepresentationoflexicalsenses.

Itis,however,potentiallytroublesomeinrespectofbothitssegments.Whileone

mayreadthelabel’smeaningas“anapplicationoftheprototypetheoryofcat-

egorizationtosemanticissues”,itisnotobviousthatonecancogentlytalkabout

theprototypetheory.Whatisbeyonddisputeistheexistenceofprototypeef-

fects,whichmayhaverelevanceforpsychologicaltheoriesofconcepts.2Moreo-

ver,thenotionof“prototype”asusedincognitivepsychology(seesection0.2.

below)neednotplaythecentralroleinthelinguisticstudylabelled“prototype

semantics”.Thereareotherfeaturesof“prototypephenomena”whichmaybeas

importantinlanguagestudyasthenotionof“prototype”itself,i.e.gradedand

nondiscreteaspectsoflinguisticcategories,or“familyresemblances”between

theirmembers.Inshort,psychological“prototypeeffects”couldbeonlyasug-

gestiveanalogytosomelinguisticallyrelevantphenomena.3

Thelabelcanbealsomisleadingasconcernsthe“semantics”segment.Asun-

derstoodtraditionally,“semantics”iscentrallyopposedtosyntaxandpragmatics.

However,incognitivelinguistics(CL,furtherusedalsoasanadjective),which

1IamhintinghereatcomplexrelationsbetweenthedescendantsofSaussure’sstructuralism

(neostructuralists,generativistsandcognitivelinguists).Thishistoricalissuewillbeformulatedbe-

lowandwillconstituteasigniﬁcantelementinmyconclusions(see5.2.).

2ThisisthepositionofEleanorRosch–thefounderoftheprototypeapproachinpsychology.

InLehrer’ssummary,Rosch“arguesthatthenotionofprototypedoesnotinitselfconstituteatheory.

Sheclaimsonlythatanytheoryofconceptsmustbeconsistentwithwhatisknownaboutprototypes”

(Lehrer1990:381,note1).LakofftracesanevolutioninRosch’sviewonthismatter–aspointed

outbyVandeloise(1990:409),reﬂectingratherhisownchangesofviewthanhers–butfaithfully

reportsherpositionthatprototypeeffectsdonotconstituteatheoryofcategorization.Nevertheless,

heclaimssimultaneouslythatRosch“launchedageneralchallengetotheclassicaltheory”(Lakoff

1987:42–45),thusgivingsubstancetoVandeloise’scharge.

3Thisgeneralstatementpointstoacomplexofentangledissuescentralfor“prototypeseman-

tics”,concerningtherelationsbetweengoalsofpsychologistsandlinguists(theroleoflinguistic

evidenceinventuresofdifferentkind;thepossibilityoftransferring–or“generalizing”–datafrom

oneresearchcontexttoanother;ultimately,thestatusofbothdisciplinesortheirmutualrelation-

ship).Itisenoughtopointouthereapeculiarroleofwordsinpsychologicalexperiments:“proto-

typeeffects”studiedbyRoschandothersareelicitedwhenwordsaretreatedasliststobeordered

accordingtosomeabstractcriterion(e.g.whatisabetterexampleofatype?)ratherthanasusedin

communication.

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