Language Studies

Language Studies

Cognitive exploration and polysemous corpus of sensory verb "smell" in Persian language

Document Type : Research original ,Regular Article

Authors
1 PhD Canditate of General Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran
2 Professor in Linguistics,Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Multiple meanings are among the issues that, according to the tradition of linguistic studies, can be proposed in the semantic section of grammar and as a topic in semantic studies. In the situation where a linguistic unit finds multiple meanings, one of the important areas of investigating multiple meanings in the cognitive approach is the study of sensory verbs that are related to the functioning of the five senses.

The current study presents the cognitive semantics approach with descriptive-analytical method, an analysis on the polysemy of the verb "smell" as one of the sensory verbs in Persian based on the data of the bodies and site of Ganjur based on the model of Likaf (1987).

At this stage, 202 sentences were used from the Persian language database, which were categorized based on expanded meanings. Since sensory verbs are the result of physical and social experiences, they become the basis for our understanding of abstract concepts.For this reason, we see the broad concepts of the verb "smell" and this semantic network can be used in teaching Persian to non-Persian speakers
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  • Receive Date 23 January 2023
  • Revise Date 08 April 2023
  • Accept Date 27 April 2023