Frames, domains

Question 1

meaning is encyclopedic in nature

Answer 1

-semantic structure provides access to a large inventory of structured knowledge (the conceptual system)
-words meaning cannot be understood independently of the vast repository of enciclopedic knowledge to which is linked
-encyclopedic knowledge is grounded in the world around us

Question 2

frames

Answer 2

-schematization of experience which is represented at the conceptual level and hold in long-term memory
-particular culturally embedded scene
-meaning associated with a particular word cannot be understood independently of the frame with which it was associated (relativised to frame)
-continually updated due to ongoing human experience and are used in reasoning to generate inferences
-attribute-value sets and structural invariants

Question 3

interactional frames

Answer 3

-what is going on between the speaker and addressee
-background knowledge
and expectations one brings to bear for the
production, and interpretation of discourse

Question 4

pay attention

Answer 4

-activating a frame even when rejecting it strenghten the frame
-to be accepted, truth must fit people’s frames

Question 5

domain

Answer 5

-provide background against which lexical items can be understood and used
-organized in a hierarchical way

Question 6

domain matrix

Answer 6

the range of domains that structure a single lexical concept

Question 7

metaphor

Answer 7

mapping between 2 domains that are not part of the same matrix

Question 8

basic domains

Answer 8

-primitive dimensions of cognitive representation
-ex: sensory capacities
-embodied subjective experience

Question 9

complex domains

Answer 9

-any concept that function as a domain for defining a higher-order concept