IS THIS LEXICAL SEMANTICS? THE CASE OF HAVE TO IDIOMS

The aim of this article is to explore some aspects of linguistic categorization, starting from the assumptions of cognitive linguistics, with application to idiomatic have a V constructions. Because cognitive linguistics sees language as embedded in the overall cognitive capacities of mankind, topics of special interest for cognitive linguistics will be identified and described including the structural characteristics of natural language categorization, the functional principles of linguistic organization, the conceptual interface between syntax and semantics, the experimental and pragmatic background of language in use, and the relationship between language and thought.