Linguistic Interpretation of Seasons of the Years in the Utterances of An Intellectually Disabled Man. A Cognitive Approach Cover Image

Językowa interpretacja pór roku w wypowiedziach mężczyzny niepełnosprawnego intelektualnie. Ujęcie kognitywne
Linguistic Interpretation of Seasons of the Years in the Utterances of An Intellectually Disabled Man. A Cognitive Approach

Author(s): Urszula Jęczeń
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo OR TWP w Szczecinie
Keywords: seasons of the year; cognitive definition; prototype; stereotype; principle of collection

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the linguistic abilities of an intellectually disabled man in defining the seasons of the year. The principal goal was to reconstruct, on the basis of the subject’s utterances, such concepts as spring, summer, autumn and winter, which assumed the form of cognitive definition. In view of the fact that the subject used commonsense knowledge and used the colloquial language, I tried to show that the produced conceptualizations were constructed in accordance with the principle of prototype, stereotype, and collection.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 139-150
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English, Polish