Saillance scalaire et métalangue sémantique naturelle: le sentiment haine en contexte linguistique et cognitif

Abstract

This study attempts to define a Franco-French definition of the emotion called hate/hatred in the NSM language. This is carried out on the basis of oral (questionnaires and interviews) and written (lexicographical definitions, electronic database and newspaper discourse) data in reference to this emotion. We combine the principles elaborated in the Dynamic Model of Meaning Framework (Kecskes 2008) and the concept of saliency (Giora 2003) to suggest the NSM definition and work our data. On the theoretical level, the collected data allow identification of the salient collective and individual features (Kecskes 2008) related to the lexical unit hate within the community under investigation.

Keywords

• NSM theory
• hatred/hate
• saliency
• Franco-French community
• cognitive approach
• discursive representation