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Studies in Language and Cognition

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Editor

  • Jordan Zlatev
  • Mats Andrén
  • Marlene Johansson Falck
  • Carita Lundmark

Summary, in English

Using a plethora of concepts, theories and methods, the theoretical and empirical studies described in this volume are united in their approach of treating language not in isolation (e.g. as a “module”), but as both based on structures and processes of cognition, and at the same time as affecting the human mind. The book is organized in 7 parts, corresponding to some of the major fields in language research today: (a) linguistic meta-theory and general issues, (b) lexical meaning, (c) metaphor, (d) grammar, (e) pragmatics, (f) gesture and bodily communication, and (g) historical linguistics. At the same time, the non-modular approach to language adopted by the authors is reflected by the fact that there are no strict boundaries between the parts. Thus, the book is a valuable contribution to the growing interdisciplinary field of Language and Cognition.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Document type

Book

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Keywords

  • pragmatics
  • grammar
  • semantics
  • gesture
  • cognition
  • language

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 1-4438-0174-7