Polysemy and metaphor in perception verbs: a cross-linguistic study

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
ABSTRACT................................................................................... 5 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................. 9 
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................ 11 
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS POLYSEMY?........ 144 
1.1. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS .............. 15 
1.1.1. MAIN TENETS IN COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS .............................................. 17 
1.1.2. METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES ............................................................... 19 
1.1.3. SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 26 
1.2. THE STATE OF ART IN POLYSEMY ................................................... 26 
1.2.1. TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO POLYSEMY: WHAT IS POLYSEMY? WHAT 
IS HOMONYMY? ..................................................................................................... 27 
1.2.2. COGNITIVE SEMANTICS.............................................................................. 33 
1.2.3. LEXICAL SEMANTICS AND THE GENERATIVE LEXICON ......................... 35 
1.2.4. SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 38 
1.3. ORGANISATION OF THE THESIS ....................................................... 39 
CHAPTER 2: THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF SENSE PERCEPTION41 
2.1. SOURCES OF THE LANGUAGE MATERIAL ...................................... 41 
2.2. PHYSICAL MEANINGS IN PERCEPTION VERBS .............................. 42 
2.2.1. SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATIONS OF PERCEPTION VERBS ........................ 42 
2.2.2. CROSS-LINGUISTIC DATA: BASQUE AND SPANISH ................................ 46 
2.2.2.1. Basque Perception Verbs............................................................................ 46 

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2.2.2.2. Spanish Perception Verbs........................................................................... 50 
2.2.3. SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 53