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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818011403321

Autore

Verhagen Arie

Titolo

Constructions of intersubjectivity [[electronic resource] ] : discourse, syntax, and cognition / / Arie Verhagen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-75787-6

0-19-151521-3

1-4294-6007-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general

Semantics

Pragmatics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Figures; Tables; 1 Intersubjectivity-mutual management of cognitive states; 2 Negation and virtual argumentation; 3 Finite complements-putting conceptualizers on stage; 4 Discourse connections-managing inferences across perspectives; 5 Concluding Remarks; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Arie Verhagen develops a new understanding of linguistic communication focussed on cognition. He treats pragmatics, semantics, and syntax in parallel and integrates insights from linguistics, psychology, and animal communication. He shows the continuity between language and animal communication and reveals the nature of human linguistic specialization. His powerfully argued and original explanation of the nature and operation of communication will interest a wide range of scholars. and advanced students in linguistics, cognitive science, and human evolution. - ;Constructions of Intersubjectivi