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


Possible Directions for Further research


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8.2. Possible Directions for Further research 
The model proposed in this thesis has been created on the basis of the results 
obtained from the analysis of synchronic data on perception verbs in three languages: 
English, Basque and Spanish.
There are three main directions in which the work described in this thesis could be 
developed.
The first is the issue of the universality of the conceptual polysemy described in 
this thesis. Our hypothesis stated that the extended meanings found in these languages 
had to be universal, because they were constrained by and based on our experience and 
understanding of the world that surrounds us. The data from these languages supported 
this hypothesis. However, the universality of the conceptual polysemy described in this 
thesis has to be understood within the boundaries of Western culture. In other words, 
these languages are typologically different, but they are embedded in the same Western 
cultural patterns. A possible direction for further research could be then, to look at this 
semantic field of sense perception in other languages that belong to different cultural 
backgrounds, such as African or Asian languages for example. The analysis of the 
conceptual polysemy in these languages will shed further light on the issue of how far 
meanings are motivated by our own conceptualisation and understanding of the world in 
which we live. 
The second direction in which this work can be extended is the application of this 
model to the analysis of other semantic fields. This model accounts for the polysemy in 
sense perception. However only by applying this model to other fields it will be possible 
to test whether this model is suitable for the analysis of polysemy. 
A third direction for further research could be the application of this model to the 
analysis of semantic change. If this model can explain how and why different synchronic 
conceptual mappings occur in a certain way and direction, then it might help to 
understand and clarify the reasons for changes of meaning in past linguistic history. 


B. Iraide Ibarretxe Antuñano
Chapter 2: The Semantic Field of Sense Perception 
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