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Speaking to One's Heart: דבר and its Semantic Extension

Author(s) -

Natalie Mylonas,

Stephen Llewelyn,

Gareth Wearne

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of hebrew scriptures

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1203-1542

DOI - 10.5508/jhs.2016.v16.a7

Subject(s) - metonymy , linguistics , grammaticalization , sentence , noun , meaning (existential) , cognition , extension (predicate logic) , psychology , computer science , philosophy , metaphor , epistemology , programming language , neuroscience

Cognitive linguists are increasingly recognising the value of metonymy for understanding the way language works. This article applies recent advancements in the theory of metonymy to the Hebrew noun דבר in order to explain its broad semantic range. It argues that metonymy and its function in the processes of grammaticalization account for the majority of lexical senses listed for דבר. It also aids in the translation of this polysemous noun by highlighting some contextual features of speech that help determine the meaning of דבר in any given sentence.

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