SEMANTIC FIELD OF PERCEPTION: A STUDY OF (A)SYNNOYMIC DICHOTOMIES
SEMANTIC FIELD OF PERCEPTION: A STUDY OF (A)SYNNOYMIC DICHOTOMIES

Summary/Abstract: THE SEMANTIC FIELDS OF PERCEPTION AS VIEWED THROUGH THE LENS OF INTENTIONAL AND NON-INTENTIONAL VERBS IS A WIDELY USED METHOD TO UNDERSTAND PERCEPTUAL REALITY OF LANGUAGE. THIS PAPER EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND THE COGNITIVE PROCESS OF PERCEPTION AND AIMS AT SETTING UP A WIDE-RANGE EXPLANATORY RESEARCH FRAME TO THIS CONCEPT FROM A LINGUISTIC POINT OF VIEW. SOME THEORETICAL INFORMATION WILL BE LOGICALLY ANALYSED THROUGHOUT THE PAPER AND ACCOMPANIED BY EXAMPLES THAT WILL FURTHER ILLUSTRATE THE PURPOSE OF ITS SIGNIFICANT RELEVANCE. THE FIRST PART OF THE ARTICLE WILL EXPLORE THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF PERCEPTION BY REFERRING TO THE DICHOTOMY OF VOLUNTARY VS. INVOLUNTARY PERCEPTION. VERBS OF PERCEPTION WILL BE THE ONLY PART OF SPEECH USED IN ORDER TO PREFACE OUR ANALYSIS OF THIS DICHOTOMY. OTHER DISTINCT PAIRS INTERSECTING THE FIELD OF PERCEPTION WILL BE ADDRESSED IN OUR ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH WHETHER DIRECT AND INDIRECT PERCEPTION ARE PERFECT SYNONYMS FOR PHYSICAL VS. COGNITIVE, CONCRETE VS. ABSTRACT AND EPISTEMICALLY NEUTRAL VS. EPISTEMICALLY LOADED PERCEPTION. THE STUDY FURTHER SHOWS THAT THE SEMANTIC FIELDS OF PERCEPTION DO NOT NEATLY CATEGORIZE THEMSELVES INTO PERFECT DICHOTOMIES. THEIR SEMANTIC CATEGORIZATION IS HIGHLY CONTEXTUAL AND DEPENDS ON THE PRAGMATIC USAGE OF LANGUAGE.

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