This is a study of the broad scope of cognition verbs in Afrikaans. Firstly, the nonmetaphorical
cognition verbs [e.g. ken (= know), weet (= know), dink (= think), verstaan
(= understand)] are discussed and then the metaphorical cognition verbs which are
subcategorized in metaphorical verbs of vision [kyk (= look), sien (= see)] and
metaphorical manipulation verbs [vorm (= form), gryp (= grab), voel (= feel), vat (= take)
etc.]. The study is embedded in the cognitive linguistic stance of embodiment which
inter alia implies that our neurological functioning is based on feeling (which includes
our sense of touch), and that the way our bodies are structured also determines the way
we express our thoughts.
This extensive descriptive study of Afrikaans cognition verbs, metaphorical and nonmetaphorical,
indicates that visual lexemes in Afrikaans express subtle abstract thought,
while manipulation lexemes express less subtle, yet still abstract result-driven thought.
Synthesis is an important factor in this study because the non-metaphorical cognition
verbs as well as the metaphorical cognition verbs are linked to the basic cognitive
principle of embodiment. Also, the two metaphorical verb types can by seen in
synthesis when the stage frame ( = vision) and the workshop frame ( = manipulation)
are merged. The synthesis of the stage frame and the workshop frame eventually
provides us with another perspective, namely that vision and manipulation (which
includes touch and feeling) are in a state of interacting nurturing symbiosis. / Linguistics / D. Litt. et Phil (Linguistics)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/5725 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Roux, Adriaan Johannes Gerhardus |
| Contributors | Zawada, Britta |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (ix, 237 leaves) |
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