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English ‘Joyful’ Vocabulary – Semantic Developments
SOUNDS – MEANING – COMMUNICATION
LANDMARKS IN PHONETICS, PHONOLOGY
AND COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS
Edited by Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska
Editorial Board:
Eugeniusz Cyran (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
Halina Chodkiewicz (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin)
Adam Głaz (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin)
Haike Jacobs (Radboud University (Nijmegen), The Netherlands)
Henryk Kardela (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin)
Przemysław Łozowski (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin)
Bert Peeters (Australian National University (Canberra) and Griffith University
(Brisbane), Australia)
VOLUME 3
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This publication was financially supported by
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Cover illustration printed with kind permission of Jerzy Durczak.
Reviewed by Adam Głaz.
ISSN 2365-8150
ISBN 978-3-631-66919-8 (Print)
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DOI 10.3726/978-3-653-06447-6
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Contents
List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................9
List of Figures ........................................................................................................11
List of Tables ...........................................................................................................15
Introduction ...........................................................................................................17
Acknowledgements .............................................................................................21
Chapter 1: Semantic Fields and Diachrony ...........................................23
1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................23
1.2 Jost Trier: the cradle of field theory .................................................................23
1.3 Post-Trier enthusiasts of semantic fields ........................................................30
1.3.1 From Weisgerber to Coseriu ...................................................................30
1.3.2 Porzig’s intrinsic meaning relations........................................................33
1.3.3 Mot-témoin vs. mot-clé ............................................................................36
1.3.4 The field structure of life ..........................................................................38
1.4 Later trends in field theory ...............................................................................38
1.4.1 The nature of field boundaries ................................................................38
1.4.2 The issue of membership in a semantic field ........................................40
1.4.3 In search of the centre of a semantic field .............................................43
1.4.4 Do lexical gaps exist? ................................................................................44
1.4.5 The systematisation of field terminology...............................................46
1.5 The diachronic study of meaning: the notion
of semantic change ............................................................................................48
1.5.1 Semantic change: typologies ...................................................................50
1.5.2 Semantic change: causes and conditions ..............................................53
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1.5.3 Semantic change: laws and mechanisms ...............................................54
1.5.4 Lexical relations in the context of diachronic semantic change .........55
1.5.5 Diachronic semantic changes within semantic fields ..........................57
1.6 Conclusion ..........................................................................................................59
Chapter 2: Cognitive Linguistics and Panchrony ...............................61
2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................61
2.2 The major characteristics of cognitive linguistics .........................................62
2.3 Cognitive Grammar ..........................................................................................63
2.3.1 Cognitive Grammar as a functionalist approach to language ............65
2.3.2 Meaning as conceptualisation .................................................................68
2.3.3 The symbolic alternative ..........................................................................69
2.3.4 Embodiment ..............................................................................................71
2.3.5 The interactionist view .............................................................................72
2.3.6 The localist view ........................................................................................74
2.4 The methodology of cognitive linguistics: basic concepts ...........................75
2.4.1 Categorisation ...........................................................................................75
2.4.2 Cognitive domains ....................................................................................80
2.4.3 Motivated organisation of domains .......................................................84
2.4.4 Construal ...................................................................................................86
2.4.4.1 Specificity and schematicity .....................................................86
2.4.4.2 Focusing .....................................................................................87
2.4.4.3 Prominence ................................................................................88
2.5 From diachrony to panchrony .........................................................................91
2.6 Panchrony as a functional equivalent to diachrony ......................................94
2.7 Conclusion ..........................................................................................................96
Chapter 3: Panchrony and English ‘Joy’ Vocabulary .........................99
3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................99
3.2 The concept of ‘joy’ as an emotion ................................................................100
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3.3 English ‘joy’ vocabulary: a historical semantic analysis .............................101
3.3.1 Bliss ...........................................................................................................102
3.3.2 Cheer .........................................................................................................106
3.3.3 Delight.......................................................................................................112
3.3.4 Dream .......................................................................................................115
3.3.5 Game .........................................................................................................119
3.3.6 Gladness ....................................................................................................124
3.3.7 Glee ...........................................................................................................126
3.3.8 Joy ..............................................................................................................130
3.3.9 Mirth .........................................................................................................137
3.4 The evolution of the English ‘joy’ vocabulary: the results ........................142
3.5 Conclusion .......................................................................................................147
Conclusions .........................................................................................................149
References .............................................................................................................153
Index .......................................................................................................................171
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