Dimensões da palavra

Abstract

The word is the cornerstone of human language. Several approaches may be used to analyse this complex subject. We shall consider here the most important dimensions of this entity: the magic value of the word and its creative power; the cognitive dimension associated with the question of naming and designation of reality, generating the vocabulary of natural languages; the significative dimension where the issue of the linguistic sign is analysed together with its relationship with reality.

Keywords

• word
• lexical categorization
• naming process
• vocabulary of natural languages
• linguistic sign