Semantics. Structure and function

Essay from the year 2000 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2 (B), University of Cologne (English Seminar), language: English, abstract: Ray Jackendoff's semantic theory presented in "e;Semantics and Cognition"e; proposesthat semantics is more than a field of linguistic studies; it studies the very nature ofthought and experience as well. In this essay, I will look at certain aspects of this theoryand compare them to more traditional approaches to semantics. It will become apparentthat Jackendoff s theory, in the end of the day, is not only concerned with semantics butwith the whole area of cognition as well. [...]