A Cognitive Approach to the Concept of “Knowing” in the Mashhadi Dialect in Comparison with Several Languages

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohammad Reza Pahlavannezhad ¹

Pouya Shahriari Rad ²

¹ Professor of Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

² Ph.D. in Cognitive Science-Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

10.22067/jlkd.2025.94673.1339

Abstract

This research seeks to examine the conceptualization of “knowing” in the Mashhadi dialect. To achieve this goal, it will first provide an introduction to the concept of knowing. This introduction includes the philosophical (including empiricism, rationalism, pragmatism, and postmodernism) and cognitive concepts of knowing. It explains that in cognitive sciences, “knowing” is often conceptualized as a mental process involving the storage, retrieval, and manipulation of information. Then, it discusses the role of conceptual metaphors in understanding this concept in various languages. In the next stage, it seeks to see how the mechanism of understanding this verb is among Mashhadi speakers. The findings indicate that in Mashhadi dialect, this concept appears in two forms of “knowing” and “remembering” for languages, skills, addresses, and practical knowledge, and understanding the verb “remembering” results from the process of objectification. The results can be useful for cognitive linguistics researchers and dialectologists.

Keywords

Knowing

Conceptualization

Conceptual Metaphor

Mashhadi Dialect

Subjects

• Semantics

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