Preprint version. To appear in New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics, ed. by V. Evans & S. Pourcel. John Benjamins. 2009. — 51 p.
This paper focuses on the nature of semantic representation from the perspective of LCCM Theory. It distinguishes between the nature and function of the conceptual and linguistic systems, before discussing the nature of representations in each, and their interaction. It concludes by discussing implications for meaning-construction.