Language and Conceptualization: 1 (Language Culture and Cognition, Series Number 1) - Softcover

Nuyts, Jan

 
9780521774819: Language and Conceptualization: 1 (Language Culture and Cognition, Series Number 1)

Synopsis

This is one of the first attempts to tackle the issue of the relationship between linguistic and conceptual representation from a truly interdisciplinary perspective.

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Review

"I recommend this book to anthropologists interested in language or cognition. ...all of the chapters provide succinct statements of general theory, detailed ethnographic observations, or interesting experimental results." Gary B. Palmer, American Anthropologist

"...the book is of interest to anthropological linguists interested in the relavance of our work to cognitive science." Malcah Yaeger-Dror, Language in Society

Book Description

To what extent is conceptualization based on linguistic representation? And to what extent is it variable across cultures, communities, or even individuals? This volume is one of the first attempts to tackle explicitly the issue of the relationship between linguistic and conceptual representation from a truly interdisciplinary perspective.

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ISBN 10:  0521553032 ISBN 13:  9780521553032
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997
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