The Literal and Nonliteral in Language and Thought
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Lodz Studies in Language
ISBN-10
3631541694
ISBN-13
9783631541692
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 26th, 2005
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
522 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 21.00 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy of languageCommunication studiesPhilosophyPsychologyPhilosophy
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The distinction between literal and nonliteral meaning can be traced back to folk models about the relationship between language and the world. According to these models, sentences can be seen as building a representation of the world they describe, and understanding a sentence means knowing how each linguistic element affects the construction of the representation. Papers in this volume connect these folk models to the more scientific notions of the literal/nonliteral distinction proposed by philosophers, linguists, and cognitive scientists. The current volume examines the literal/nonliteral distinction from a number of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, outlining some of the problematic assumptions in traditional paradigms and pointing to promising directions for the study of meaning.
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