Grundlegung Einer Semantischen Beschreibung der Adjektive des Deutschen

Semantic Methodologies

“…A cognitive, 'psychological semantics' which investigates the meanings in our head may perhaps produce interesting results for the Brought to you by | New York University Bobst Library Technical Services Authenticated Download Date | 6/18/15 8:57 PM research interest of psychologists, but from the point of view of linguists it only continues a series of methodologies which has begun with 'phonological semantics', following distinctive feature analysis in phonology, and 'syntactic semantics' within the framework of generative grammar (see also HUNDSNURSCHER 1984). We must call for reflection about our aims and ask ourselves the admittedly difficult question: what could 'semantic semantics' consist of?…”