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Evolution, function, nature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos
| Evolution, function, nature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 302 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 401/.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchalleyAndrea C. <1972->
KhlentzosDrew |
| Collana |
Studies in language companion series
Mental states |
| Soggetto topico |
Psycholinguistics
Linguistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-15189-4
9786612151897 90-272-9121-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454269903321 |
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Evolution, function, nature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos
| Evolution, function, nature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 302 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 401/.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchalleyAndrea C. <1972->
KhlentzosDrew |
| Collana |
Studies in language companion series
Mental states |
| Soggetto topico |
Psycholinguistics
Linguistics |
| ISBN |
1-282-15189-4
9786612151897 90-272-9121-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782169503321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evolution, function, nature / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos
| Evolution, function, nature / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 302 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 401/.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchalleyAndrea C. <1972->
KhlentzosDrew |
| Collana |
Studies in language companion series
Mental states |
| Soggetto topico |
Psycholinguistics
Linguistics |
| ISBN |
9786612151897
9781282151895 1282151894 9789027291219 9027291217 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Mental States. Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- List of contributors -- 1. Mental states -- 2. Lithic design space modelling and cognition in Homo floresiensis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lithic design space -- 3 Lithic design space and cognition -- 4 Lithic design space and the standard story of stone technology -- 5 The stone toolkit of Homo floresiensis -- 6 Cognition in Homo floresiensis -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3. "As large as you need and as small as you can" -- 1 The pattern of brain size and body size changes among hominins -- 2 The selectionist explanation of brain size and body size evolution -- 3 The brain and body of Homo floresiensis -- 4 Cognitive implications of the selectionist model for Homo floresiensis -- References -- 4. Homo on Flores -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Some existing patterns of argument regarding hominin cranial morphology, behavioural complexity, and the dating of "human" cognitive and linguistic skills -- 3 The Flores hominins -- 4 Implications of the Flores hominins for the evolution of cognition and language -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 5. Evolving artificial minds and brains -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mental representations in explanations of intelligent behavior -- 3 Modeling the simplest forms of intelligence -- 4 What the representations are in the models -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6. Multi-agent communication, planning, and collaboration based on perceptions, conceptions, and simulations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cued and detached representations -- 3 Cognitive capabilities for agents -- 4 Cognitive capabilities for playing soccer robots -- 5 Discussion -- References -- 7. The modal-logical interpretation of the causation of bodily actions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual structure and modal formulae.
3 Action as a set of rotations -- 4 Sample action -- 5 Conceptual structure for kick -- 6 Rotations and turns in kicking action -- 7 Microstructure of causation of action -- 8 Concluding remarks -- References -- 8. Do we access object manipulabilitywhile we categorize? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experiment 1 -- 3 Experiment 2 -- 4 General discussion -- 5 Conclusion and implication for cognitive science -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9. Speaking without the cerebellum -- 1 Preliminary note -- 2 Introduction -- 3 Materials and method -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion -- References -- 10. Ontologies as a cue for the metaphorical meaning of technical concepts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The problem of metaphorical meaning -- 3 Heuristic-Driven Theory Projection and ontological knowledge -- 4 The application of HDTP to technical concepts -- 5 Concluding remarks and further research -- References -- 11. Anti-realist assumptions and challenges inphilosophy of mind -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Challenge or refutation? -- 3 The K=T Conjecture -- 4 Application of K=T: The Knowledge Argument -- References -- 12. Vagueness, supertranslatability,and conceptual schemes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Davidson's first argument against conceptual schemes -- 3 Davidson's second argument against conceptual schemes -- 4 An adaptation of Simmel's thought experiment -- 5 Are Simmelian and English intertranslatable? -- 6 Super-translatability introduced -- 7 Super-translatability enables a Simmelian truth-tester to test whether the English conceptual scheme is largely true -- 8 English and Simmelian, two languages with non-radically different conceptual schemes -- 9 Concluding remarks -- References -- 13. Visual representation in a naturalcommunication system -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Representation in speech-centred communication: Abstract symbols and depiction. 3 Representation in signed communication: Abstract symbols -- 4 Representation in signed communication: Depiction -- 5 Tracing the stimulus to visual-spatial categories: CPs and sister systems -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 14. Hidden units in child language -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The semantic subset principle -- 3 Entailments of focus operators -- 4 Covert negation and conjunction in adult language -- 5 Covert negation and conjunction in child language -- 6 Conclusion -- Name index -- Subject index -- Table of contents of volume 2 -- The Studies in Language Companion Series. |
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Mental states . Volume 2 Language and cognitive structure [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos
| Mental states . Volume 2 Language and cognitive structure [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 362 p. : ill |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KhlentzosDrew
SchalleyAndrea C. <1972-> |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-15188-6
9786612151880 90-272-9120-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454276903321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
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Mental states . Volume 2 Language and cognitive structure [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos
| Mental states . Volume 2 Language and cognitive structure [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 362 p. : ill |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KhlentzosDrew
SchalleyAndrea C. <1972-> |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics |
| ISBN |
1-282-15188-6
9786612151880 90-272-9120-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782170103321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
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Mental states . Volume 2 Language and cognitive structure / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos
| Mental states . Volume 2 Language and cognitive structure / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 362 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 401.9;401/.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KhlentzosDrew
SchalleyAndrea C. <1972-> |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
Psycholinguistics |
| ISBN |
9786612151880
9781282151888 1282151886 9789027291202 9027291209 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Mental States. Volume 2: Language and cognitive structure -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- List of contributors -- 1. Mental categories in natural languages -- 2. A culture-neutral metalanguage for mental state concepts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Semantic primes for mental states -- 3 Explicating emotion terms: "Surprise" in English and Malay -- 4 Explicating epistemic verbs: English vs. Swedish -- 5 Explicating ethnopsychological constructs: English, Malay and Korean -- 6 Implications and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- 3. Shape and colour in language and thought -- 1 Languages as the mirror of the mind - and as mirrors of different, culturally shaped, "minds" -- 2 The importance of studying the meaning of words -- 3 Explicating abstract concepts and concrete concepts -- 4 Exploring the concept of shape -- 5 The importance of hands in the conceptualisation of the world -- 6 Shape vs. dimensions -- 7 What the two Burarra terms mean and why they are not "colour" terms -- References -- 4. Universal and language-specific aspects of "propositional attitudes" -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theories of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage and the Moscow School of Semantics compared -- 3 Dumat' and sčitat' in the canonical contexts of the primitive think -- 4 The semantics of sčitat' -- 5 Sčitat' in a broader linguistic and cultural context -- 6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5. Mental states reflected in cognitive lexemes related to memory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mental verbs in Korean -- 3 kiekha- 'remember' -- 4 kiekna- 'memory comes, remember' -- 5 chwuekha- 'reminisce' -- 6 Conclusion -- Romanisation and abbreviations in interlinear glosses -- Typographical conventions -- Corpus used for Korean examples -- References -- Appendix -- 6. Taste as a gateway to Chinese cognition.
1 Introduction -- 2 A taste of Chinese 'taste'-related words -- 3 Research methodology -- 4 Semantic analysis of Chinese 'taste' terms -- 5 Theoretical and methodological implications -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7. "Then I'll huff and I'll puff or I'll go on the roff!" thinks the wolf -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Autism -- 3 Autism and narrative -- 4 This case study -- 5 A simple two-part model of knowledge state management: Personal narrative -- 6 Lincoln's spontaneous written story retelling -- 7 Episodic macrostructure of the retold stories -- 8 Perspective -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- 8. Interaction between language and cognition in language development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background context -- 3 Resurgence of interest in linguistic relativity -- 4 Thinking-for-speaking -- 5 The temporal domain -- 6 The Thai aspectual system -- 7 The Thai frog story data -- 8 Typological and language-specific patterns -- References -- 9. What figurative language development reveals about the mind -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The late development view -- 3 The early development view - recent work -- 4 The development of hyperbole -- 5 Why figurative language cognition should develop early: Theory of Mind -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 10. Would you rather 'embert a cudsert' or' cudsert an embert'? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dictionary analysis -- 3 Readers' sensitivity to orthographic cues -- 4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix A -- 11. Ethnobiological classification and the environment in Northern Australia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Berlin folk taxonomic system -- 3 Indigenous Australian folk taxonomies -- 4 Characteristics of names for individuals and kinds -- 5 Conclusion: Why are the taxonomic systems of Aboriginal societies so different to that of English? -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements. References -- 12. Events masquerading as entities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An introduction to some relevant features of Mawng -- 3 The three types of complement clauses in Mawng -- 4 Pseudorelatives in French and Mawng -- 5 Relative clauses and focus sentences -- 6 Towards a discourse-based account of the Mawng pseudorelative -- 7 Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- References -- 13. Word and construction as units of categorization -- 1 Introduction: Word, category, polysemy, construction -- 2 Expressing change in Estonian: An overview -- 3 Change-of-state constructions in Estonian -- 4 The change-of-state senses of Estonian core verbs -- 5 Principles for categorizing change in Estonian -- 6 Conclusion -- Abbrevations -- References -- 14. Categories and concepts in phonology -- 1 The role of concepts -- 2 What is a concept? -- 3 What about words? -- 4 Why study concepts? -- 5 Theorising concepts -- 6 The Natural Attitude -- 7 A method of analysis -- 8 Metalanguage -- 9 Phonological terms -- 10 Acquisition of phonological terms -- 11 Abstractness of phonological terms -- 12 Implications for theory -- 13 Implications for practice -- 14 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 15. You can run, but: Another look at linguistic relativity -- 1 What's the argument? -- 2 The role of positive and negative instances -- 3 Examples -- 4 Point-light displays -- 5 Verbs of motion -- 6 What can we conclude? -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Name index -- Language index -- Subject index -- Table of contents of volume 1 -- Studies in Language Companion Series. |
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Ontolinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : how ontological status shapes the linguistic coding of concepts / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley, Dietmar Zaefferer
| Ontolinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : how ontological status shapes the linguistic coding of concepts / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley, Dietmar Zaefferer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (496 p.) |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchalleyAndrea C. <1972->
ZaeffererDietmar <1947-> |
| Collana | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
Ontology Concepts |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-19415-1
9786612194153 3-11-019779-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- I Introduction -- Ontolinguistics - An outline -- Ontologies across disciplines -- II Foundations, general ontologies, and linguistic categories -- The emergence of a shared action ontology: Building blocks for a theory -- Formal representation of concepts: The Suggested Upper Merged Ontology and its use in linguistics -- Linguistic interaction and ontological mediation -- Semantic primes and conceptual ontology -- Using 'Ontolinguistics' for language description -- Language as mind sharing device: Mental and linguistic concepts in a general ontology of everyday life -- III Concepts with closed-class coding -- The representation of spatial structure in spoken and signed language: A neural model -- Postural categories and the classification of nominal concepts: A case study of Goemai -- Spatial 'on' - 'in' categories and their prepositional codings across languages: Universal constraints on language specificity -- Semantic categorizations and encoding strategies -- IV Categories with open-class coding -- Taxonomic and meronomic superordinates with nominal coding -- Motion events in concept hierarchies: Identity criteria and French examples -- On the ontological, conceptual, and grammatical foundations of verb classes -- The ontological loneliness of verb phrase idioms -- Relating ontological knowledge and internal structure of eventity concepts -- Backmatter |
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Ontolinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : how ontological status shapes the linguistic coding of concepts / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley, Dietmar Zaefferer
| Ontolinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : how ontological status shapes the linguistic coding of concepts / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley, Dietmar Zaefferer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (496 p.) |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchalleyAndrea C. <1972->
ZaeffererDietmar <1947-> |
| Collana | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
Ontology Concepts |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Cognitive Linguistics
computational linguistics lexicology semantics typology (language) |
| ISBN |
1-282-19415-1
9786612194153 3-11-019779-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- I Introduction -- Ontolinguistics - An outline -- Ontologies across disciplines -- II Foundations, general ontologies, and linguistic categories -- The emergence of a shared action ontology: Building blocks for a theory -- Formal representation of concepts: The Suggested Upper Merged Ontology and its use in linguistics -- Linguistic interaction and ontological mediation -- Semantic primes and conceptual ontology -- Using 'Ontolinguistics' for language description -- Language as mind sharing device: Mental and linguistic concepts in a general ontology of everyday life -- III Concepts with closed-class coding -- The representation of spatial structure in spoken and signed language: A neural model -- Postural categories and the classification of nominal concepts: A case study of Goemai -- Spatial 'on' - 'in' categories and their prepositional codings across languages: Universal constraints on language specificity -- Semantic categorizations and encoding strategies -- IV Categories with open-class coding -- Taxonomic and meronomic superordinates with nominal coding -- Motion events in concept hierarchies: Identity criteria and French examples -- On the ontological, conceptual, and grammatical foundations of verb classes -- The ontological loneliness of verb phrase idioms -- Relating ontological knowledge and internal structure of eventity concepts -- Backmatter |
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Practical theories and empirical practice [[electronic resource] ] : a linguistic perspective / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley
| Practical theories and empirical practice [[electronic resource] ] : a linguistic perspective / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SchalleyAndrea C. <1972-> |
| Collana | Human cognitive processing |
| Soggetto topico |
Competence and performance (Linguistics)
Communicative competence Speech acts (Linguistics) Interaction (Philosophy) Linguistics - Methodology Psycholinguistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-90231-1
90-272-7245-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Practical Theories and Empirical Practice; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; List of contributors; Preface; Practical theories and empirical practice - facets of a complex interaction; 1 Linguistics - the 'scientific' study of language; 2 Methodological facets; 3 The volume and its chapters: Thematic perspective; 4 The volume and its chapters: Methodological considerations; 4.1 Contextualisation; 4.2 Methods and meta-theory; 4.2.1 How can we arrive at convincing evidence?; 4.2.2 What can we learn for successful cross-linguistic comparison?
4.2.2.1 Cross-linguistic elicitation tasks. The ideal cross-linguistic elicitation task is a task that is designed for usage with all languages and all cultures, that is well-designed with regard to the aims it wants to achieve, easy to administer, and th4.2.2.2 Comparative basis; 4.2.3 What might the future hold for linguistic research?; 5 Conclusion; References; The embodiment of linguistic meaning; 1. Language comprehension is based on complex and specific visual imagery; 2. Imagery during sentence comprehension drives action planning processes 3. Sentence comprehension draws upon the understander's own action knowledge4. Problems, questions, and implications; 5. Conclusions; References; Infants' encoding of social interaction as a conceptual foundation for the acquisition of argument structure; 1. Prelinguistic event representation and linguistic coding; 2. Tracking of agents and spaces in a ditransitive give-and-take-event in the first year of life; 3. Conclusions and outlook; References; Referring to colour and taste in Kilivila: stability and change in two lexical domainsof sensory perception; 1. Introduction 1.1 The use of stimuli in linguistic investigation1.2 The Trobriand Islanders and their language Kilivila; 2. Kilivila colour terms in 1983 and in 2008; 2.1 Method, consultants and results of my 1983 study on Kilivila colour terms; 2.2 Results of my 2008 study on Kilivila colour terms; 2.2.1 Consultants and methods; 2.2.2 Results; 2.3 Colour terms in Kilivila then and now; 3. Pacific Islanders talking about taste then and now; 3.1 Taste terms gathered in 1982 and 1983; 3.2 My 2008 study on Kilivila taste terms; 3.2.1 Methods and consultants; 3.2.2 Results 3.3 Pacific Islanders talking about taste then and now4. An aside with an excursus to the Torres Straits Islands; 5. Concluding remarks; References; Yucatec demonstratives in interaction; 1. Introduction; 2. A sketch of the expression of spatial deixis in Yucatec; 3. Demonstratives in spontaneous interactions: Hanks (1990, 2005); 4. Demonstratives in elicited productions: The questionnaire study; Anchor 92; 4.2 The semantics of the non-immediate forms; 4.3 The role of attention direction; 5. Discussion; References; Many languages, one knowledge base; 1. Motivation and background 2. Application domain: social cognition |
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Practical theories and empirical practice [[electronic resource] ] : a linguistic perspective / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley
| Practical theories and empirical practice [[electronic resource] ] : a linguistic perspective / / edited by Andrea C. Schalley |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SchalleyAndrea C. <1972-> |
| Collana | Human cognitive processing |
| Soggetto topico |
Competence and performance (Linguistics)
Communicative competence Speech acts (Linguistics) Interaction (Philosophy) Linguistics - Methodology Psycholinguistics |
| ISBN |
1-283-90231-1
90-272-7245-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Practical Theories and Empirical Practice; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; List of contributors; Preface; Practical theories and empirical practice - facets of a complex interaction; 1 Linguistics - the 'scientific' study of language; 2 Methodological facets; 3 The volume and its chapters: Thematic perspective; 4 The volume and its chapters: Methodological considerations; 4.1 Contextualisation; 4.2 Methods and meta-theory; 4.2.1 How can we arrive at convincing evidence?; 4.2.2 What can we learn for successful cross-linguistic comparison?
4.2.2.1 Cross-linguistic elicitation tasks. The ideal cross-linguistic elicitation task is a task that is designed for usage with all languages and all cultures, that is well-designed with regard to the aims it wants to achieve, easy to administer, and th4.2.2.2 Comparative basis; 4.2.3 What might the future hold for linguistic research?; 5 Conclusion; References; The embodiment of linguistic meaning; 1. Language comprehension is based on complex and specific visual imagery; 2. Imagery during sentence comprehension drives action planning processes 3. Sentence comprehension draws upon the understander's own action knowledge4. Problems, questions, and implications; 5. Conclusions; References; Infants' encoding of social interaction as a conceptual foundation for the acquisition of argument structure; 1. Prelinguistic event representation and linguistic coding; 2. Tracking of agents and spaces in a ditransitive give-and-take-event in the first year of life; 3. Conclusions and outlook; References; Referring to colour and taste in Kilivila: stability and change in two lexical domainsof sensory perception; 1. Introduction 1.1 The use of stimuli in linguistic investigation1.2 The Trobriand Islanders and their language Kilivila; 2. Kilivila colour terms in 1983 and in 2008; 2.1 Method, consultants and results of my 1983 study on Kilivila colour terms; 2.2 Results of my 2008 study on Kilivila colour terms; 2.2.1 Consultants and methods; 2.2.2 Results; 2.3 Colour terms in Kilivila then and now; 3. Pacific Islanders talking about taste then and now; 3.1 Taste terms gathered in 1982 and 1983; 3.2 My 2008 study on Kilivila taste terms; 3.2.1 Methods and consultants; 3.2.2 Results 3.3 Pacific Islanders talking about taste then and now4. An aside with an excursus to the Torres Straits Islands; 5. Concluding remarks; References; Yucatec demonstratives in interaction; 1. Introduction; 2. A sketch of the expression of spatial deixis in Yucatec; 3. Demonstratives in spontaneous interactions: Hanks (1990, 2005); 4. Demonstratives in elicited productions: The questionnaire study; Anchor 92; 4.2 The semantics of the non-immediate forms; 4.3 The role of attention direction; 5. Discussion; References; Many languages, one knowledge base; 1. Motivation and background 2. Application domain: social cognition |
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