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Figure13.21.
Taxonomicorganizationofthedomaininitiated
bytheconceptualterm[Stativeobject]
Knowledge objects which can be represented and described by the conceptual
vocabulary whose root term is [Stative object] are phenomena which are
distinguished by a form of
maintenance
(qualitative or quantitative)
over time
.
Figure 13.21 shows the three main taxonomic domains specifying the term [Stative
object].
The first taxonomic domain is organized around the conceptual term
[Object “State of being”]. Under this somewhat barbarous denomination, we find a
small specialized conceptual vocabulary which we use to describe, for example, a
psychic state or a social status (such as
being a citizen
or
being a foreigner
). More
generally, here, it is therefore a question of describing subjects thematizing a
relation of identity
or
of identification
(the
junction
, to use Greimas' term [GRE 79],
between an agent (or object) and a
quality
, a
feature
, an
attribute
, or a feeling or
sensation).
The conceptual term [Object “State of having”] initiates a second taxonomic
domain specifying the branch [Stative object]. This typically concerns relations of
economic possession or other forms of possession, e.g. relations of wealth or
poverty - subjects that are massively developed in our audiovisual corpora on
globalization and immigration.
11
Finally, the third taxonomic domain specifying the root conceptual term [Stative
object] contains a specialized vocabulary enabling so-called intersubjective
11 In particular, see the audiovisual collection of the FMSH-ARA archives:
http://semiolive.ext.msh-paris.fr/fmsh-aar/.
