On defining "imaginary" beings and attributes: How do lexicographers cope with culturally determined differences in beliefs about cosmology, ontology and epistemology?

Lexikos

Volumn 15, Issue , 2005, Pages 179-195

  Swanepoel, Piet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cognitive semantics; Cultural bias; Cultural sensitivity; Defining attributes; Denotation; Existence; Fabulous creatures; Idealized cognitive models; Imaginary beings; Lexicographic definitions; Reference; Sense; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949988631     PISSN: 16844904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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