The Navajo Progressive in Discourse : A Study in Temporal Semantics
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
History and Language
ISBN-10
0820425362
ISBN-13
9780820425368
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 1995
Print length
252 Pages
Weight
524 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 27.70 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalCognition & cognitive psychology
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This study examines the question of how linguistic categories may influence thinking, with respect to the perception of time. Investigating the verb system of Navajo, the author determines that the notion of aspect is crucial; she describes one category, the Progressive, as it is used in various types of discourse. She concludes that, as studies of color terms and perception have shown, no direct link can be established between language categories and ways of perceiving the world, and yet there exist «idealized cognitive models» which suggest important differences between linguistic groups.
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