SIW 6, 7

Kenes Anel, 323 group

Task 1:
Use the lecture notes, sources of the list of literature and of the Internet and create a
concept map to describe the encyclopaedic view of meaning.

Task 2:
In view of the distinction between conventional, generic, intrinsic and characteristic
knowledge, provide a characterization for the following lexical items:
banana
monkey.
1.conventional, 2.generic,3.intrinsic, 4.characteristic
1. According to the first point, we all know that the banana grows in the subtropics
and tropics of Asia, Australia, and also in the Pacific Islands. We also keep a diet with
a banana, as there is a lot of potassium and protein. There are three types of banana
that we know: green, yellow. As for monkeys, we know that they are one of the most
intelligent animals: chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
2. On the second point, as I understand it, we are already using the knowledge that
we received through experiments. For example, banana has 2 colors like green and
yellow. And banana contains many calories and is used for proper nutrition.
Monkeys inhabit the tropical regions of America, Africa, as well as parts of Asia and
Japan. And there are so many kinds of monkeys.
3. Here, I learned that if you eat a lot of banana, then it is dangerous for the heart. If
you look into the eyes of a monkey, they may take it for aggressiveness and may
attack.
4. By characteristic knowledge, I can say that a banana has a lot of calories, which
will help you cope without food for a longer time. It used to be believed that a
monkey turned into a man.

List of literature:
• Evans, Vyvyan, and Melanie Green. 2006. Cognitive linguistics: An
introduction. Edinburgh,UK: Edinburgh University Press.
• Allwood, Jens (2003) ‘Meaning potentials and context: some consequences for
the analysis of variation in meaning’, in H. Cuyckens, R. Dirven and J. Taylor
(eds), Cognitive Approaches to Lexical Semantics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter,
pp. 29–66.
• Cruse, D. Alan (2000) Meaning in Language. Oxford: Oxford University
• Press.Langacker, Ronald (1987) Foundations of Cognitive Grammar, Volume I.
Stanford: Stanford UniversityPress.
• Reddy, Michael J. (1979) The conduit metaphor: A case of frame conflict in our
language about lan-guage. In: A. Ortony (ed.), Metaphor and Thought, 284–
310. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.