Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Metaphoric extension and invited inferencing in semantic change

2007; Carlos V; Volume: 5; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

2340-4981

Karen Sullivan,

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Two models of semantic change, metaphoric extension (cf. Sweetser 1990) and invited inferencing (Traugott and Dasher 2002), have been offered as explanations for changes such as “see” > “know/understand”. In this paper, I show that while either model works for some changes, each model can explain changes that the other cannot. Metaphoric extension and invited inferencing can therefore be considered as two types of change rather than two competing theories. I furthermore suggest that changes such as “see” > “know/understand” occur when metaphoric extension and invited inferencing reinforce one another via parallel chaining (a concept adapted from Goossens 2003).Dos modelos de cambio semantico, la extension metaforica (Sweetser, 1990) y la inferencia invitada (Traugott y Dasher, 2002), sirven para explicar cambios como «ver» > «saber/entender». En esta presentacion, muestro que los dos modelos funcionan con un grupo determinado de cambios, pero cada modelo puede explicar unos cambios que no puede explicar el otro. Por consiguiente, se consideran la extension metaforica y la inferencia invitada como dos tipos de cambio antes que dos teorias rivales. Ademas, sugiero que los cambios como «ver» > «saber/entender» ocurren cuando la extension metaforica y la inferencia invitada se refuerzan por la parallel chaining (un concepto adaptado de Goossens, 2003)