Language, mind, and culture : a practical introduction /
Kovecses, Zoltan.
Language, mind, and culture : a practical introduction / Zoltan Kovecses.. - New York, New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2006. - xiv, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Meaning in mind, language, and culture -- Categorizing the world: phototypes, theories, and linguistic relativity -- Levels of interacting with the world: cognitive and cultural considerations -- Contesting categories in culture: debates about art -- Organizing knowledge about the world: frames in the mind -- The frame analysis of culture -- Mappings within Frames: metonymy as a cognitive and cultural process -- Mapping across frames: metaphor -- Metaphoric frames: some cultural and social applications -- Metaphor variation across and within cultures -- Meaning and thought: literal or figurative? -- The embodied mind: the role of image-schemas -- Alternative construals of the world -- Constructing meaning in discourse: mental spaces -- Conceptual blends and material anchors -- Cognition and grammar: the cognitive structure of language -- Summing it up: an account of meaningful experience.
How do we make sense of our experience? In order to understand how we construct meaning, the varied and complex relationships among language, mind, and culture need to be understood. While cognitive linguists typically study the cognitive aspects of language, and linguistic anthropologists typically study language and culture, Language, Mind, and Culture is the first book to combine all three and provide an account of meaning-making in language and culture by examining the many cognitive operations in this process. In addition to providing a comprehensive theory of how we can account for meaning making, Language, Mind, and Culture is a textbook for anyone interested in the fascinating issues surrounding the relationship between language, mind, and culture. Further, the book is also a "practical" introduction: most of the chapters include exercises that help the student understand the theoretical issues. No prior knowledge of linguistics is assumed, and the material is accessible and useful to students in a variety of other disciplines, such as anthropology, English, sociology, philosophy, psychology, communication, rhetoric, and others. Language, Mind, and Culture helps us make sense of not only linguistic meaning but also of some of the important personal and social issues we encounter in our lives as members of particular cultures and as human beings. https://www.amazon.com/Language-Mind-Culture-Practical-Introduction/dp/0195187202/ref=sr_1_1?crid=141EOXXOFZRV6&keywords=9780195187205&qid=1684412502&sprefix=9%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-1
9780195187205
2005044916
Language and culture.
Psycholinguistics.
Categorization (Linguistics)
Frames (Linguistics)
Metaphor.
Cognitive grammar.
P35 / .L364 2006
Language, mind, and culture : a practical introduction / Zoltan Kovecses.. - New York, New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2006. - xiv, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Meaning in mind, language, and culture -- Categorizing the world: phototypes, theories, and linguistic relativity -- Levels of interacting with the world: cognitive and cultural considerations -- Contesting categories in culture: debates about art -- Organizing knowledge about the world: frames in the mind -- The frame analysis of culture -- Mappings within Frames: metonymy as a cognitive and cultural process -- Mapping across frames: metaphor -- Metaphoric frames: some cultural and social applications -- Metaphor variation across and within cultures -- Meaning and thought: literal or figurative? -- The embodied mind: the role of image-schemas -- Alternative construals of the world -- Constructing meaning in discourse: mental spaces -- Conceptual blends and material anchors -- Cognition and grammar: the cognitive structure of language -- Summing it up: an account of meaningful experience.
How do we make sense of our experience? In order to understand how we construct meaning, the varied and complex relationships among language, mind, and culture need to be understood. While cognitive linguists typically study the cognitive aspects of language, and linguistic anthropologists typically study language and culture, Language, Mind, and Culture is the first book to combine all three and provide an account of meaning-making in language and culture by examining the many cognitive operations in this process. In addition to providing a comprehensive theory of how we can account for meaning making, Language, Mind, and Culture is a textbook for anyone interested in the fascinating issues surrounding the relationship between language, mind, and culture. Further, the book is also a "practical" introduction: most of the chapters include exercises that help the student understand the theoretical issues. No prior knowledge of linguistics is assumed, and the material is accessible and useful to students in a variety of other disciplines, such as anthropology, English, sociology, philosophy, psychology, communication, rhetoric, and others. Language, Mind, and Culture helps us make sense of not only linguistic meaning but also of some of the important personal and social issues we encounter in our lives as members of particular cultures and as human beings. https://www.amazon.com/Language-Mind-Culture-Practical-Introduction/dp/0195187202/ref=sr_1_1?crid=141EOXXOFZRV6&keywords=9780195187205&qid=1684412502&sprefix=9%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-1
9780195187205
2005044916
Language and culture.
Psycholinguistics.
Categorization (Linguistics)
Frames (Linguistics)
Metaphor.
Cognitive grammar.
P35 / .L364 2006