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Language, Space and Mind: The Conceptual Geometry of Linguistic Meaning

By Paul Chilton

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
1107010136, 9781107010130
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1710874 bytes)
Pages
325\356
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-06-28 12:18:51
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Когнитивная лингви

Description

The idea that spatial cognition provides the foundation of linguistic meanings, even highly abstract meanings, has been put forward by a number of linguists in recent years. This book takes this proposal into new dimensions and develops a theoretical framework based on simple geometric principles. All speakers are conceptualisers who have a point of view both in a literal and in an abstract sense, choosing their perspective in space, time and the real world. The book examines the conceptualising properties of verbs, including tense, aspect, modality and transitivity, as well as the conceptual workings of grammatical constructions associated with counterfactuality, other minds and the expression of moral force. It makes links to the cognitive sciences throughout and concludes with a discussion of the relationship between language, brain and mind.

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