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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972017503321

Titolo

Theoretical cognitive approaches / / edited by Rene Dirven, Bruce Hawkins, Esra Sandikcioglu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001

ISBN

1-282-16368-X

9786612163685

90-272-9954-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Language and ideology ;v.1

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 204

Altri autori (Persone)

DirvenRene

HawkinsBruce Wayne <1954->

SandikciogluEsra

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Ideology

Cognitive grammar

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

LANGUAGE AND IDEOLOGY VOL.I; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of Contents; Incorporating Tensions: On the Treatment of Ideology in Cognitive Linguistics; Language and Ideology: An interview with George Lakoff; Pragmatism, Ideology and Embodiment; Does Cognitive Linguistics Live up to its Name?; Ideological Ground and Relevant Interpretation in a Cognitive Semantics; Linguistic Dilemmas of Afrocentricity: The Diaspora Experience; Age/Gender Morphemes Inherit the Biases of their Underlying Dimensions; How Pervasive are Sexist Ideologies in Grammar?

Cognitive Linguistics and the Marxist Approach to IdeologyLinguistics and Ideology in 19th and 20th Century Studies of Language; Cultural and Conceptual Relativism, Universalism and the Politics of Linguistics; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Together with its sister volume on Descriptive Cognitive Approaches, this volume explores the contribution which cognitive linguistics can



make to the identification and analysis of overt and hidden ideologies. As a theory of language which sees language as the accumulation of the conventionalised conceptualisations of a given linguistic and/or cultural community or sub-group within it, cognitive linguistics is called upon to make its own inroads in the study of ideology. This volume offers theoretical approaches and first discusses the philosophical foundations of cognitive linguistics. The q