Approaches to language, culture, and cognition : the intersection of cognitive linguistics and linguistic anthropology /

"The study of language, culture, and cognition has become increasingly fragmented into separate disciplines and paradigms. This volume aims to re-establish dialogue between cognitive linguists and linguistic anthropologists with 11 original papers on language, culture and cognition, and an edit...

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Corporate Authors: University of Otago. Department of Languages and Cultures
Group Author: Yamaguchi, Masataka, 1968; Tay, Dennis; Blount, Ben G., 1940
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "The study of language, culture, and cognition has become increasingly fragmented into separate disciplines and paradigms. This volume aims to re-establish dialogue between cognitive linguists and linguistic anthropologists with 11 original papers on language, culture and cognition, and an editorial introduction. It demonstrates that cognitively-informed perspectives can contribute to a better understanding of social, cultural, and historical phenomena, and argues that cognitive theories are relevant to linguistic anthropology. "--
Item Description: "This book developed out of an international symposium titled "Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition: Towards an Integration of Language, Culture and Cognition" at the University of Otago, New Zealand, 21-22 January 2011."
Carrier Form: xii, 315 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781137274816 (hardback) :
1137274816 (hardback)
1137274824
9781137274823
Index Number: P165
CLC: H0-05
Call Number: H0-05/A652
Contents: 1. Introduction: Approaches to Language, Culture and Cognition -- Masataka Yamaguchi, Dennis Tay, and Benjamin Blount -- PART I -- COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE AND CULTURE -- 2. Culture and Cognition, Lexicon and Grammar / Ronald W. Langacker -- 3. Deliteralization and the Birth of 'Emotion / Dirk Geeraerts -- 4. 'Overthrowing' Yesterday's ICM:(Re) focusing of Meaning in a Hong Kong Chinese (Cantonese) Constructional Idiom / Kam-yiu S. Pang -- PART II: CULTURAL LINGUISTIC APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE AND CULTURE ...