Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics: 1 (1999) (Cognitive Linguistics in Practice) - Hardcover
Synopsis
Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics is designed as a comprehensive introductory text for first and second-year university students of language and linguistics. It provides a chapter on each of the more established areas in linguistics such as lexicology, morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology, historical linguistics, and language typology and on some of the newer areas such as cross-cultural semantics, pragmatics, text linguistics and contrastive linguistics. In each of these areas language is explored as part of a cognitive system comprising perception, emotion, categorisation, abstraction processes, and reasoning. All these cognitive abilities may interact with language and be influenced by language. Thus the study of language in a sense becomes the study of the way we express and exchange ideas and thoughts. Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics is clearly presented and organized after having been tested in several courses in various countries. It contains contributions from 15 specialists from 9 countries. Some key features of the text are: overviews and summaries for each chapter; a great many illustrations, examples, figures and tables; defined technical terms printed in bold; full index; annotated further reading lists for each chapter; exercises at the end of each chapter; detailed solutions to exercises can be found here.
(This publication is sponsored by the European Socrates Bureau. Adapted editions for Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian and Spanish are in preparation.)
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Synopsis
This introduction to language and linguistics as the science of language looks mainly at language from the perspective of "expressing thoughts and ideas" - the cognitive perspective. The cognitive perspective also holds that language is part of a cognitive system which comprises perception, emotions, categorization, abstraction processes, and reasoning. All these cognitive abilities interact with, and are affected by, language. Thus the study of language, in a sense, becomes the study of the way we express and exchange ideas and thoughts. This work is part of a project which sets out to introduce linguistics in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch and Greek. The idea is to create the possibility for students participating in international exchange programmes to find similar syllabuses in the host country. The book is the product of an international authorship. Chapters cover lexicology, morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology, cross-cultural semantics, pragmatics, text linguistics, historical linguistics, and language comparison.
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