HOW WORDS MEAN: LEXICAL CONCEPTS, COGNITIVE MODELS, AND MEANING CONSTRUCTION

Figurative Language in a Modern Theory of Meaning Construction: A Lexical Concepts and Cognitive Models Approach

Words and Meaning: How the Lexical Encoding of Technical Concepts Contributes to their Mental Representation

Some specialist concepts can be encoded either with words of Greek or Latin origin or in everyday language terms. These synonyms are expected to indicate to the same underlying meaning. This study investigates whether the origin of technical terms influences their mental representation as well as subjective feelings of knowing. The linguistic encoding of specialist concepts can be assumed to im...

Models of lexical meaning

the relationship between topic familiarity and guessing lexical meaning and retention among iranian efl learners

the skill of reading in english as a foreign language is an important and challenging one which is affected both by linguistic and extra linguistic factors. since vocabularies are part and parcel of every reading comprehension text, knowing enough vocabulary always facilitates this process. however, guessing strategy as one of the most important strategies has consistently ignored by language l...

Lexical Meaning in Context - A Web of Words

Some people may be laughing when looking at you reading in your spare time. Some may be admired of you. And some may want be like you who have reading hobby. What about your own feel? Have you felt right? Reading is a need and a hobby at once. This condition is the on that will make you feel that you must read. If you know are looking for the book enPDFd lexical meaning in context a web of word...