Conceptual and Discourse Factors in Linguistic Structure - Brossura

Conceptual Structure, Discourse, And Language Conference (1st : 1995 : University Of California, San Diego)

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1575862581 ISBN 13: 9781575862583

Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Center for the Study, 2001

Riassunto

What can we learn about the human mind by studying language? The predominant approaches in American linguistics use theoretical assumptions about the formal nature of grammar to answer this question. But these studies are restricted to unapplied models of language, not how language functions in actual speech situations--and as a result, their power to reveal the workings of the human mind is limited.

This book overcomes those limitations by examining data on naturally occurring language usage, not simplified theoretical examples. The cognitive and functional arguments made here start from psychologically realistic principles and arrive at perspectives of linguistics that unveil mechanisms of the mind--based on how language is actually used.

Moving within a cognitive and functional framework, this volume focuses on the motivations for linguistic patterning in human social and cognitive experience, and on the dynamic properties of language construal, use, and development. Among the main research avenues represented are first language acquisition, metaphor, language processing and discourse, and conceptual structure and grammar.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Stanford Univ Center for the Study
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1575862581
• ISBN 13: 9781575862583
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 276
• Redattore: Cienki Alan J., Smith Michael B., Luka Barbara J.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile