Semantic modulation. Modelling nouns of entities

Abstract

Summary: This work presents a theoretical model aimed to account for several cognitive mechanisms crucial for lexical generation or selection. A system of categories and transformations is posited to account for the different modes of reference to entities in the construction of discourse. This model synthesises and integrates already existent accounts of cognitive categories and transformations in a unified directional construct. In this paper the model is applied to Catalan. Keywords: Cognitive Linguistics, lexicology, lexical semantics