A Cognitive Science Approach to the Semantics of Spatial Gradation
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چکیده
This paper presents a new approach to the semantics of spatial degree and comparison (gradation) expressions (e.g., 2m less long than). Taking a broad cognitive science perspective, results of different research fields are combined into a cognitive framework for the ‘semantics of gradation’ (Bierwisch 1989). A distinction between implicitly and explicitly represented aspects of space will be made, and selective spatial attention will be proposed as a cognitive construct that is essential for the explanation of gradation phenomena.
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