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| Dimension: an entity, about which it can be stated, whether a change has taken place or could take place, for example, a displacement of an object along a single axis. In physics, e.g. degrees of freedom._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ronald W. Langacker on Dimensions - Dictionary of Arguments
Gärdenfors I 33 Dimension/Langacker/Gärdenfors (Langacker 1987, pp. 150-152): Thesis: many domains (abstract and basic ones) are dimensional, but he does not formulate this as a criterion for a domain. He differentiates (i) dimensional (ii) meronomic relations (part-whole relations), e.g. finger-hand-arm-body. ClausnerVsLangacker/CroftVsLangacker: (Clausner and Croft 1999, p. 6): the semantic relation conceptual domain is actually a part-whole relation (i.e., meronomic). I 34 GärdenforsVsClausner/GärdenforsVsCroft: that is another sense of "dimensional": concepts correspond to regions of dimensional domains. This is not a normal "part-whole relation". >Concepts, >Domains/Gärdenfors, >Domains/Langacker, >Part-of-Relation, >Mereology. 1. R. W. Langacker (1987). Foundations of cognitive grammar (Vol I). Stanford, CA: Stanford Universtity Press. 2. Clausner, T. C. / Croft, W. (1999). Domains and image schemas. Cognitive Linguistics, 10, 1-31._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Langa I Ronald W. Langacker Foundations of Cognitive Grammar Stanford, CA 1999 Gä I P. Gärdenfors The Geometry of Meaning Cambridge 2014 |
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