The New Psychology of Language: Cognitive and Functional Approaches To Language Structure, Volume I

by Tomasello; Michael

• ISBN13: 9780805825770
• ISBN10: 0805825770
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This book gathers the theories of leading cognitive and functional linguists in one place for cognitive scientists--particularly psychologists--long accustomed to the philosophical divide between themselves and formal linguists. For students & researcher

Table of Contents

Introduction A Cognitive-Functional Perspective on Language Structure	p. vii
References	p. xxi
Introduction	p. 1
Conceptualization, Symbolization, and Grammar	p. 1
Conclusion	p. 35
References	p. 36
the Functional Approach to Grammar	p. 41
References	p. 64
Introduction	p. 67
the Structure of Events and the Structure of Language	p. 67
Conclusion: Semantics and Grammar	p. 90
Conclusion: Semantics and Grammar	p. 91
Notes	p. 91
Language and the Flow of Thought	p. 93
Conclusion	p. 110
the Semantics of English Causative Constructions in a Universal-Typological Perspective	p. 113
Introduction1	p. 113
Notes	p. 151
References	p. 151
Emergent Grammar	p. 155
References	p. 173
Syntactic Constructions as Prototype Categories	p. 177
Notes	p. 199
References	p. 201
Patterns of Experience in Patterns of Language1	p. 203
Introduction	p. 203
Conclusion	p. 215
Notes	p. 215
Notes	p. 216
Introduction1	p. 221
the Acquisition of Wh-Questions and the Mechanisms of Language Acquisition	p. 221
Conclusion	p. 244
Notes	p. 245
Notes	p. 247
Mental Spaces, Language Modalities, and Conceptual Integration	p. 251
Notes	p. 277
References	p. 278
Author Index	p. 281
Subject Index	p. 287
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