Naslov
On Problems in Defining Abstract and Metaphysical Concepts – Emergence of a New Model

Autori
Nahod, Bruno ; Vukša Nahod, Perina

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 38 (2014), S2; 181-190

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
language for special purposes; categorization; cognitive sociolinguistic model; Idealized Cognitive Models

Sažetak
Basic anthropological terminologyi is the first project covering terms from the domain of the social sciences under the Croatian Special Field Terminology program (Strunaii). Problems that have been sporadically noticed or whose existence could have been presumed during the processing of terms mainly from technical fields and sciences have finally emerged in »anthropology«. The principles of the General Theory of Terminology (GTT), which are followed in Struna, were put to a truly exacting test, and sometimes stretched beyond their limits when applied to concepts that do not necessarily have references in the physical world ; namely, abstract and metaphysical conceptsiii. We are currently developing a new terminographical model based on Idealized Cognitive Models (ICM), which will hopefully ensure a better cross-filed implementation of various types of concepts and their relations. The goal of this paper is to introduce the theoretical bases of our model. Additionally, we will present a pilot study of the series of experiments in which we are trying to investigate the nature of conceptual categorization in special languages and its proposed difference form categorization in general language

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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