Language, Space and Mind : The Conceptual Geometry of Linguistic Meaning
by
Paul Chilton
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107010136
ISBN-13
9781107010130
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 10th, 2014
Print length
319 Pages
Weight
632 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 16.10 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
PsycholinguisticsPsycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics
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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.
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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