How Language Makes Meaning: Embodiment and Conjoined Antonymy

ISBN-13: 9781009246026 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 301 str.

Herbert L. (University of Alberta) Colston

Opis

Explains the complexities of how language supports human social interaction using the framework of embodied cognition.

Recenzje

'This book breaks new ground by furnishing familiar models of 'meaning making' with new outfits. It provides a guided tour through the adjacent territories of linguistics and psychology, with abundant examples from current language-in-use. Importantly, the book also builds a bridge between recent experimental psycholinguistic findings and classical semiotic conceptualization.' Jacob L. Mey, Syddansk Universitet

Spis treści

1. The coin toss; 2. Deviance; 3. Omission; 4. Imprecision; 5. Indirectness; 6. Figurativeness; 7. Language play; 8. The social media; 9. The art of language; 10. The end game; Epilogue: a clearing revealing an eclipse; References; Index.