Language, Feeling, and the Brain: The Evocative Vector

ISBN-13: 9781138511507 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 259 str.

Daniel Shanahan

Opis

Linguistic theory since the Cognitive Revolution has fol- lowed one of the premises of that revolution by largely sidelining the issue of emotions and concentrating on those aspects of language that are more strictly cognitive

Spis treści

Preface, Introduction, 1. Two Theories of the Emergence of Language, 2. Affect, Emotions, and Feeling, 3. Embodied Language, 4. Language, Catharsis, and Action, 5. Symbol, Syntax, and Meaning, 6. Apprehending Through Gesture, 7. On the Emotional Origins of Language, 8. Metaphor, 9. Narrative and Myth, 10. Myth and Culture, 11. Language, Literature, and Culture, Conclusion: Language Embodied, Bibliography, Subject Index, Name Index

O autorze

Daniel Shanahan