On the functional definition of concepts and linguistic meanings: the embodied/grounded approach
The article suggests a way to overcome two well-known problems of embodied/grounded theory of cognition: the impossibility of strict differentiating modal and amodal symbols, and the difficulty in defining abstract concepts/simulators (abstract lexical meanings). The proposed functional approach is based on the dichotomy 'perceptual (external) vs. functional (internal)' that goes back to Ivan Sechenov. These cognitive units are shown to play fundamentally different roles. The function — the embodied ...
Сognitive mechanisms of semantic adaptation of borrowings in Russian
... co-occur. The study concludes that cognitive categorization plays a crucial role in the semantic adaptation of borrowings, offering new insights into their integration into the Russian language.
Belov, V. A., 2018. Ways of Naive Interpretation of the Lexical Meaning of Nouns.
Verkhnevolzhskii filologicheskii vestnik
[Verhnevolzhski philological bulletin], 4, pp. 83—91,
https://doi.org/10.24411/2499-9679-2018-10201
(in Russ.).
Borisova, O. S., 2014.
Adaptatsiya inoyazychnoi leksiki v sisteme yazyka ...
