Cognitive Space and Linguistic Case : Semantic and Syntactic Categories in English

Name: Cognitive Space and Linguistic Case
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521027366
Price: 7550 KES
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ISBN: 9780521027366

by Izchak M. Schlesinger

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Studies in English Language

ISBN-10 0521027365

ISBN-13 9780521027366

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 2nd, 2006

Print length 256 Pages

Weight 398 grams

Dimensions 16.40 x 31.50 x 2.20 cms

Product Classification: Grammar, syntax & morphology Grammar, syntax and morphology

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Arguing that cases result from an interplay of cognitive, lexical, and syntactic factors, Professor Schlesinger develops an alternative approach to cases which permits better descriptions of certain syntactic phenomena.

This study sheds light on the complex relationship between cognitive and linguistic categories. Challenging the view of cases as categories in cognitive space, Professor Schlesinger proposes an understanding of the concept of case. Drawing on evidence from psycholinguistic research and English language data, he argues that case categories are in fact composed of more primitive cognitive notions: features and dimensions. These are registered in the lexical entries of individual verbs, thereby allowing certain metaphorical extensions. This approach to case permits better descriptions of certain syntactic phenomena, as Schlesinger illustrates through the analysis of the feature compositions of three cases.

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