Gábor Győri
List of John Benjamins publications in which Gábor Győri is involved.
2026 Lexicalization and grammaticalization: An integrated cognitive linguistic and historical linguistic approach to language change At the Crossroads of Historical and Cognitive Linguistics, Rogos-Hebda, Anna and Heli Tissari (eds.), pp. 68–91 | Chapter
Both lexical and grammatical elements involve particular perspectives in their description of reality. This perspectivity is manifest in the semantic transparency of these linguistic items, revealing metaphorical or metonymic interpretations of reality. Perspectivity is present even in… read more
2022 The effect of figurative thought on basic level categorization: How categories come to be formed and named Figurative Thought and Language in Action, Brdar, Mario and Rita Brdar-Szabó (eds.), pp. 89–112 | Chapter
The definition for basic level categories relies on perceptual attributes, mostly on the perception of particular shape characteristics (Rosch, 1978). However, as is well known, there are cross-linguistic differences in basic level categorization with regard to the scope of the categories… read more
2019 Uncovering historical semantic connections with the help of image schemata: The case of Modern English some, same and Old English sam- Cognitive Linguistic Studies 6:1, pp. 1–21 | Article
Standard etymological dictionaries agree that Modern English some, same and their Old English cognate sam- ‘half’ descend from the same etymon. However, while explaining their phonological development from the same proto-form is unproblematic, their divergent meanings make the reconstruction of… read more
2017 What happens to the basic level in language? Some theoretical considerations with crosslinguistic examples Cognitive Linguistic Studies 4:2, pp. 171–193 | Article
It is a common assumption that basic level categories are cognitive units that share perceptual and linguistic characteristics at the same time. They are taken to be perceptual and functional gestalts designated by words that have a special status with regard to lexical development in children… read more
2000 Semantic change as linguistic interpretation of the world Evidence for Linguistic Relativity, Niemeier, Susanne and René Dirven † (eds.), pp. 71–90 | Article
1999 Evolutionary continuity and the rate and curve of language evolution Evolution of Communication 3:2, pp. 207–226 | Article
One of the most prominent questions in connection with language evolution is whether the human capacity for language can be related to any capacities found in animals. Evolutionary continuity in anatomical structures involved in language is obvious, but in the case of cognitive capacities and… read more
1995 Animal communication and human language: searching for their evolutionary relationship The Biology of Language, Puppel, Stanislaw, pp. 99–126 | Article
1994 13. Historical motivation in the linguistic sign and its cognitive origin Studies in Language Origins: Volume 3, Wind, Jan, Abraham Jonker, Robin Allott and Leonard Rolfe (eds.), pp. 221–234 | Article