Studies in Language and Cognition
Redaktör
- Jordan Zlatev
- Mats Andrén
- Marlene Johansson Falck
- Carita Lundmark
Summary, in English
Using a plethora of concepts, theories and methods, the theoretical and empirical studies described in this volume are united in their approach of treating language not in isolation (e.g. as a “module”), but as both based on structures and processes of cognition, and at the same time as affecting the human mind. The book is organized in 7 parts, corresponding to some of the major fields in language research today: (a) linguistic meta-theory and general issues, (b) lexical meaning, (c) metaphor, (d) grammar, (e) pragmatics, (f) gesture and bodily communication, and (g) historical linguistics. At the same time, the non-modular approach to language adopted by the authors is reflected by the fact that there are no strict boundaries between the parts. Thus, the book is a valuable contribution to the growing interdisciplinary field of Language and Cognition.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2009
Språk
Engelska
Dokumenttyp
Bok
Förlag
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Ämne
- General Language Studies and Linguistics
Nyckelord
- pragmatics
- grammar
- semantics
- gesture
- cognition
- language
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 1-4438-0174-7