HOW TO SPLIT THE SEMANTIC CONTINUUM OR SOME THOUGHTS ON PERCEPTION LEXEMES Cover Image

COMMENT DÉCOUPER LE CONTINUUM SÉMANTIQUE OU QUELQUES RÉFLEXIONS À PROPOS DES LEXÈMES DE PERCEPTION
HOW TO SPLIT THE SEMANTIC CONTINUUM OR SOME THOUGHTS ON PERCEPTION LEXEMES

Author(s): Krzysztof Bogacki
Subject(s): Language studies, Lexis, Semantics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: semantic continuum; perception; cognition; semantic predicates;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we discuss the notion of a semantic continuum at the boundary between epistemic and perception lexemes. We provide arguments against a unitary conception that is evident behind certain terminological practices using appellations that may mislead because they tend to erase the difference between perception and cognition in the case of certain uses of the French verbs voir ‘see’ and sentir ‘feel’.

  • Issue Year: 18/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 61-68
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: French