Language, Mind, and Culture

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780195187205 Author(s): ZoltA?�n KA?¶vecses Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2006 Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Pages: 416

Description: 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 cultureby 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 atextbook 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 asmembers of particular cultures and as human beings.

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