Lexical structure, lexical concepts and metaphorical concepts: the case of "change" verbs in English

• Jesús M. Sánchez García ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Córdoba

     Universidad de Córdoba

     Cordoba, España

     
• Localización: Journal of English Studies, ISSN 1576-6357, Nº 1, 1999, págs. 257-270
• Idioma: español
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  • The aim of this paper is twofold: (i) To examine some of the notions current in the FLM (L. M. Mingorance¿s Functional Lexematic Model of semantic description) concerning lexical structure and knowledge, in the light of the cognitive paradigm; and (ii) to analyse some of the connections that can be established between the English lexico-conceptual domain of CHANGE verbs and other domains via the definitional structure of such lexical concepts as those of change verbs -as structured by the FLM-, in order to identify the underlying metaphorical concepts and processes involved.