The (Dimensional) Meaning of Spanish Dimensional Adjetives

Authors

  • Carlos Ynduráin Pardo de Santayana Universidad del Atlántico Medio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17561/rilex.6.2.8069

Keywords:

adjectives, dimensional adjectives, lexicology, semantics

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the relationship between the Spanish dimensional adjectives (those that refer to the different magnitudes of an object in space) and the different parts in which objects can be divided according to their orientation, shape and the perspective of the observer-speaker. In order to accomplish this task, we will adapt the conceptual systems formulated by Levinson (2003) on spatial relationships between two objects: the absolute model, the relative model and the intrinsic model. Our research is, thus, a semantic research in which polysemy is tackled by trying to link that phenomenon to the cognitive mechanisms of spatial conceptualization: although our contribution could be the base of a future lexicographic development, we are not just trying to list the meanings related to each Spanish dimensional adjective, but to bring forth the underlying principles of those connections between words and meanings.

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2023-07-05

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Ynduráin Pardo de Santayana, C. (2023). The (Dimensional) Meaning of Spanish Dimensional Adjetives. RILEX. Revista Sobre Investigaciones léxicas, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.17561/rilex.6.2.8069