Grammatical Morphemes, Conceptual Structures and Semantic Representation

Autor/inn/en	Silué, Djibril Nanourgo; Koné, Antoine Kiyofon
Titel	Grammatical Morphemes, Conceptual Structures and Semantic Representation
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17 (2021), S.726-734 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Silué, Djibril Nanourgo) ORCID (Koné, Antoine Kiyofon)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Grammar; Morphemes; Syntax; Nouns; Semantics; Concept Formation; Contrastive Linguistics; Language Research; Linguistic Theory; African Languages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; Morphem; Semantik; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Sprachforschung; Linguistische Theorie; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache
Abstract	This paper takes issue with the view of conceptual structures as autonomous syntactic structures generated by syntactic formation rules. Instead, it adopts the position developed by Croft and Cruse (2004), in showing that linguistic knowledge -- knowledge of meaning and form -- is basically conceptual structure. In fact the, fundamental problem posed by the rules-based approach is that conceptual structures are treated as purely formal and devoid of any meaning. If we consider grammatical morphemes to be part of the conceptual structures of language, this position would hardly be applicable. As the instruments of thought, the meaning attached to grammatical morphemes is highly abstract and must be reconstructed based on attested uses. In line with the position adopted, the paper provides an explanation through the analysis of the uses of the -s morpheme and the -ø morpheme in English as well as the noun-class morpheme -m in Tagbana, about the fact that grammatical morphemes cannot be treated as abstract symbols devoid of intrinsic meaning. In fact the syntactic configurations which characterize the notions of plurality expressed by these morphemes evidence the types of conceptualization attached to them. The semantic representations denoted by these morphemes are, then, proven to be basically conceptual. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
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Update	2024/1/01