LINGUIST List 22.3672 Wed Sep 21 2011 Diss: Applied Ling/Semantics: Fernández-Silva: 'Variación ...' Editor for this issue: Xiyan Wang <xiyanlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Sabela Fernández-Silva , Variación terminológica y cognición: factores cognitivos en la denominación del concepto especializado Message 1: Variación terminológica y cognición: factores cognitivos en la denominación del concepto especializado Date: 16-Sep-2011 From: Sabela Fernández-Silva <sabela.fernandezupf.edu> Subject: Variación terminológica y cognición: factores cognitivos en la denominación del concepto especializado E-mail this message to a friend Institution: Universitat Pompeu Fabra Program: Linguistic Sciences and Applied Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2011 Author: Sabela Fernández-Silva Dissertation Title: Variación terminológica y cognición: factores cognitivos en la denominación del concepto especializado Dissertation URL: http://www.tesisenred.net/handle/10803/22638 Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics Semantics Subject Language(s): French (fra) Galician (glg) Dissertation Director(s): Judit Freixa Aymerich M. Teresa Cabré Castellví Dissertation Abstract: This cognitive study of term variation (synonymy) is based on the initial hypothesis that the projection of a concept through different meanings in a text is not random, but rather motivated by various factors belonging to the cognitive realm. This hypothesis is examined by observing the lexicalisation of concepts in a bilingual French and Galician corpus of texts belonging to the domain of fishing, focusing on the conceptual information displayed by term variants. This thesis begins by exploring the role concept classes play in the salience of some conceptual facets, and continues by observing the conceptual and naming differences between French and Galician and considering the extent to which they reflect different culturally-bound perspectives. Finally, the study examines the influence of the cognitive context in which naming takes place, exploring term variation in relation to the text sender's subject field and the point of view reflected on the textual sequence. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Sep-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.