Essays about: "Keywords: Cognitive semiotics"

Found 2 essays containing the words Keywords: Cognitive semiotics.

1. 1. Referential iconicity in music and speech within and across sensory modalities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Veronica Giraldo Valencia; [2018]
   Keywords : Keywords: Cognitive semiotics; iconicity; ideophones; multimodality; music; music cultures; semiotics; semiotics systems; signs; sound symbolism; primary and secondary iconicity; unimodality.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Musical meaning is multifaceted: both highly sensory and yet often abstract, able to cross cultural boundaries and yet embedded in specific traditions. For the most part it is not denotational (Monelle, 1991). READ MORE

3. 2. Code and Inference in metaphor comprehension: interpretation of metaphorical language in Dante's Inferno by Italians and Australians

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Sara Albrici; [2016]
   Keywords : Keywords: cognitive semiotics; cultural knowledge; meaning; metaphor; specific knowledge; universal knowledge; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the interpretation of metaphorical expressions in Dante’s famous Inferno and how this may be motivated through the use of codes and inference. Based on Coseriu’s Integral Linguistics (Coseriu, 1985), metaphorical expressions can be divided depending on the kind of knowledge that is required to interpret them. READ MORE