Cognitive Semantics : Meaning and Cognition
Cognitive Semantics : Meaning and Cognition
Cognitive Semantics : Meaning and Cognition
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7. Being opaque → being abstruse, obscure<br />
FROM VISION TO COGNITION 81<br />
SWEDISH ENGLISH<br />
ogenomtränglighet “impenetrability, imperviousness”<br />
ogenomskinlig ‘non-transparent’<br />
diffus ‘diffuse, blurred’<br />
dimbildning ‘smoke screeing’<br />
disig ‘hazy’<br />
det blir oklarare ‘getting more unclear’/’less transparent’<br />
oförklarlig ‘inexpicable, unaccountable’<br />
oklar ‘unclear’<br />
otydlig ‘unclear’<br />
8. Being dark → being incomprehensible<br />
SWEDISH ENGLISH<br />
mörk ‘dark’<br />
synonyms:<br />
oviss ‘uncertain, doubtful’<br />
gåtfull ‘mysterious, puzzling, enigmatic’<br />
svårförståelig ‘obscure’<br />
obskyr ‘obscure’<br />
mulen ‘cloudy, gloomy’<br />
det mörknar ‘getting darker’<br />
skumt ‘obscure’<br />
skymning ‘ignorance’<br />
oöverskådlig ‘confused, incalculable’<br />
töcknig ‘misty, hazy’<br />
9. Glare, which is not direct light → fallacy<br />
SWEDISH ENGLISH<br />
skenbar ‘apparent, seeming’<br />
skenbild ‘phantom, shadow’<br />
sken ‘light, glare, gleam’<br />
skenhelig ‘hypocritical’<br />
skenfager ‘fraudulent’<br />
skengravid ‘apparently pregnant’<br />
skenäktenskap ‘pro forma marriage’<br />
skendöd ‘apparent death’<br />
skenmanöver ‘diversion, feint’<br />
bländverk ‘delusion, illusion’<br />
skuggbild ‘shadow picture, silhoutte’<br />
drömsyn ‘dream-vision’<br />
hägring ‘mirage, illusion’