1st Edition

Evaluative Semantics Cognition, Language and Ideology

By Jean-Pierre Malrieu Copyright 1999
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

Evaluation, from connotations to complex judgements of value, is probably the most neglected dimension of meaning. Calling for a new understanding of truth and value, this book is a comprehensive study of evaluation in natural language, at lexical, syntactic and discursive levels. Jean Pierre Malrieu explores the cognitive foundations of evaluation and uses connectionist networks to model... Read more
Introduction  1. Ideology and Discourse  2. Evaluation and Cognition 3 . Interpretative Shortcuts  4. Evaluative Semantics  5. Semantic Networks and Discourse Representation  6. Styled Semantic Networks  7. Dynamic Semantic Networks  8. Evaluation and Rhetorical Attitudes.  Conclusion

Biography

Jean-Pierre Malrieu