Original scientific article
Page 115 - 167

Modelling thought in language use: At the crossroads between discourse, pragmatics, and cognition

Jose Luis Otal Campo
Universitat Jaume I

Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza
University Jaume I
Abstract: This article studies a number of semantic and pragmatic phenomena with consequences for the development of discourse. Thus, our study of the way we make use of cognitive models in discourse allows us ...
Original scientific article
Page 139 - 156

Mappings in conceptual space: Metonymy, metaphor, and iconicity in two signed languages

Sherman Wilcox
E-mail: wilcox@unm.edu
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Phyllis Perrin Wilcox
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Maria Josep Jarque
Universitat de Barcelona
Abstract: In this paper we present lexical data documenting the interaction of metonymy, metaphor, and iconicity in two signed languages, American Sign Language (ASL) and Catalan Sign Language (LSC). The basis ...