Constructing the meanings of personal pronouns

The meanings of personal pronouns are described using basic notions of Cognitive Linguistics. Among these notions are subjective vs. objective construal, profiling, grounding, intersubjectivity, paths of mental access, & conceptual blending. Pronouns are situated with respect to other strategies...

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Published inASPECTS OF MEANING CONSTRUCTION, Radden, Gunter, Kopcke, Klaus-Michael, Berg, Thomas, Siemund, Peter [Eds], Amsterdam, NE: John Benjamins, 2007 pp 171-187 pp. 171 - 187
Main Author Langacker, Ronald W
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LanguageEnglish
Published The Netherlands John Benjamins Publishing Company 2007
Subjects
Cognitive Grammar
Cognitive Linguistics
Conceptual Blends
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Lexical Semantics
Person
Pronouns
Semantics Discourse Relationship
Subjectivity
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Abstract The meanings of personal pronouns are described using basic notions of Cognitive Linguistics. Among these notions are subjective vs. objective construal, profiling, grounding, intersubjectivity, paths of mental access, & conceptual blending. Pronouns are situated with respect to other strategies of nominal grounding. It is explained how personal pronouns can be used impersonally, & the meaning of impersonal 'it' is characterized. Special attention is devoted to 'I' & 'you'. Their abstracted conceptual meanings invoke very basic cognitive models pertaining to the ground, a speech event, & subject vs. object of conception. With these models as inputs, the pronouns' meanings are constructed through successive levels of blending. The crucial factor is intersubjectivity. Figures, References. Adapted from source document
AbstractList The meanings of personal pronouns are described using basic notions of Cognitive Linguistics. Among these notions are subjective vs. objective construal, profiling, grounding, intersubjectivity, paths of mental access, & conceptual blending. Pronouns are situated with respect to other strategies of nominal grounding. It is explained how personal pronouns can be used impersonally, & the meaning of impersonal 'it' is characterized. Special attention is devoted to 'I' & 'you'. Their abstracted conceptual meanings invoke very basic cognitive models pertaining to the ground, a speech event, & subject vs. object of conception. With these models as inputs, the pronouns' meanings are constructed through successive levels of blending. The crucial factor is intersubjectivity. Figures, References. Adapted from source document
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SubjectTerms Cognitive Grammar
Cognitive Linguistics
Conceptual Blends
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Lexical Semantics
Person
Pronouns
Semantics Discourse Relationship
Subjectivity
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