Meaning, Frames, and Conceptual Representation

Thomas Gamerschlag, Doris Gerland, Rainer Osswald, and Wiebke Petersen, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.

• Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION TO CONCEPT TYPES AND FRAMES -- Functional Concepts and Frames -- Representation of Concepts as Frames -- NOMINAL CONCEPT TYPES AND DETERMINATION -- Uniqueness of the Definite Article with Respect to Cognitive Frames -- FrameNet, Barsalou Frames and the Case of Associative Anaphora -- The DeVniteness EUect and a New ClassiVcation of Possessive Constructions -- Referential Properties of Nouns across Languages -- THE MEANING OF ADJECTIVES, NOUNS, AND VERBS -- Non-Intersectivity in Manner Adjectives -- Converging Evidences on the Eventivity of Italian Nouns -- Diachrony of Stative Dimensional Verbs in French -- SEMANTIC FIELDS -- Linguistic Realizations of the Concept of FEAR -- Metonymic Euphemisms from a Cognitive Linguistic Point of View -- CONCEPTS IN PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHIATRY -- Philosophical Conceptual Analysis as an Experimental Method -- Analyzing Concepts in Action-Frames -- Applying Frame Theory to Psychiatric ClassiVcation