Detailed Presentation of the Conceptual Vocabulary - Audiovisual Archives - page 216

Without wishing to enter into too complex a discussion here (which would touch
on the issue of the status of classemes and a theory of classemes), let us simply
mention a few of these semantic dimensions which play a part in the organization of
the ASW meta-lexicon of conceptual terms.
We have already introduced and discussed the two semantic dimensions which
are truly crucial for the organization of our meta-lexicon. These are the semantic
dimension of the existential dependency/independence of the objects and the
distinction between plural and singular objects (“singular” in the sense of
“unitary”). Of the other semantic dimensions which play a more or less significant
role in the identification (or circumscription) of subsets of conceptual terms, the
following three are particularly noteworthy:
‒ the dimension of the physical support according to which the analytical objects
are distinguished from one another. Thus, we identify a subset of conceptual terms
which denote somatic actions or mental actions (objects of analysis denoted by
conceptual terms belonging to the branch [Object “Perdurant”]), material objects,
social objects or mental objects (analytical objects denoted by conceptual terms
belonging to the branch [Object “Endurant”]) or indeed geometric spaces,
geographic spaces or represented spaces (analytical objects denoted by conceptual
terms belonging to the [Object “Region”]). Another subset of conceptual terms is
reserved for denoting objects which differ in terms of their perceptive specificity .
Thus, for instance, we can identify and distinguish between gestural actions and
visual actions (objects of analysis denoted by conceptual terms belonging to the
branch [Object “Perdurant”]), and between visual objects and acoustic objects
(objects of analysis denoted by conceptual terms belonging to the branch
[Object “Endurant”]);
‒ the dimensionofthefunction which the analytical objects may fulfill. With this
semantic dimension, we identify conceptual terms which refer to analytical objects
with a specific role to play in a given domain of analysis. Thus we identify
conceptual terms which refer to the activities of extraction, production and
construction, to the activities of transformation and communication or indeed to the
activities of consumption (objects of analysis denoted by conceptual terms
belonging to the branch [Object “Perdurant”]). We can also identify and denote
objects of value which hold a specific status for an actor (memory objects, for
instance, or also lucky charms) and objects which serve an actor and which
constitute resources, tools, instruments, etc. for him (analytical objects denoted by
conceptual terms belonging to the branch [Object “Endurant”]);