LINGUIST List 15.80

Wed Jan 14 2004

Diss: Lang Description: Haase: 'Kognitive...'

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1. christoph.haase, Kognitive Reprsentation...

Institution: Chemnitz University of Technology
Program: English language and linguistics
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2002

Author: Christoph Haase

Dissertation Title: Kognitive Repr�sentation von Temporalit�t im
Englischen und im Deutschen

Dissertation URL:
http://archiv.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/2003/0050/data/haase_temporalitaet.pdf

Linguistic Field: General Linguistics, Language Description,
Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Syntax, Cognitive Science

Subject Language: English (code: ENG), German, Standard (code: GER)

Dissertation Director 1: Rolf Br�uer
Dissertation Director 2: Josef Schmied
Dissertation Director 3: G�nter Weise

Dissertation Abstract:

The dissertation topic has been selected from the field of cognitive
linguistics. Research from temporal semantics, cognitive science and
lexical semantics is also considered. A subset of lexical material
will be analyzed in its relationship to cognitive processing and
conceptualization. The special focus is on aktionsarten (i.e. in
different terminologies, lexical aspect or mode of action) from a
contrastive vantage point (German-English). Traditionally, the
analysis of temporal phenomena in language refers to tense, temporal
adverbials, temporal prepositions and conjunctions and the field of
aspect and aktionsart. All mentioned categories will be sketched
according to their cognitive relevance. In a contrastive discussion,
differences in conceptualization between different languages can be
established and systematized. The dissertation hypothesizes that
aspects and their lexicalized counterparts aktionsarten can be
ascribed a higher cognitive relevance than other temporal categories.