How do we comprehend the concepts? Cover Image

Kuidas me mõistame mõisteid?
How do we comprehend the concepts?

Author(s): Ene Vainik, Toomas Kirt
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing (ERÜ)
Keywords: linguistics; semantics; epistemiology; cognitive science

Summary/Abstract: Scholars differ over the meaning of concept. Having fi rst belonged to the fi eld of logic and philosophy, concepts are now of interest also for (neuro)linguists, psychologists, cognitive scientists and and specialists in informatics. The aim of the article is to provide an overview of different theoretical approaches to concept and to demonstrate the relations of those approaches to certain tendencies in linguistic semantics.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 225-245
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Estonian