Vol.2, No 10, 2003 pp. 415 - 424
UDC 81'37:165.19
THE POSITION OF SEMANTICS
WITHIN CONTEMPORARY COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Mihailo Antović
English Department, Faculty of Philosophy Niš
This paper provides an analysis of the importance of some present-day semantic
theories for contemporary cognitive science. The question of the scope
of cognitive science(s) is discussed, followed by a short overview of the
study of linguistics in this multidisciplinary enterprise. Finally, three
modern approaches to semantics within this framework are discussed (cognitive,
truth-conditional and conceptual) and their advantages and disadvantages
are briefly summarized. Conceptual semantics is singled out as a rather
plausible approach to the study of meaning, even though it is often deemed
of lesser importance by authoritative scholars. Some speculations as to
the further development of semantics are hypothesized.
Key words: cognition, cognitive science, cognitive semantics,
truth-conditional semantics, conceptual semantics
POLOŽAJ SEMANTIKE
U SAVREMENOJ KOGNITIVNOJ NAUCI
Ovaj rad nudi analizu mesta i značaja nekih današnjih semantičkih teorija
u okviru savremene kognitivne nauke. Razmatra se pitanje domena kognitivne
nauke (kognitivnih nauka), a zatim sledi kratak pregled mesta lingvističkih
istraživanja u okviru tog multidisciplinarnog poduhvata. Na kraju, razmatraju
se tri savremena pristupa semantici u kognitivističkoj paradigmi (kognitivna
semantika, semantika istinitosnih uslova i konceptualna semantika), te
se ukratko sumiraju njihove prednosti i nedostaci. Konceptualna semantika
se izdvaja kao prilično adekvatan pristup izučavanju značenja, iako često
zapostavljen od strane naučnih autoriteta. Postavljaju se i neke hipoteze
vezane za dalji razvoj semantike.
