Thought-based Linguistics
Thought-based Linguistics

Author: Wallace Chafe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-04-19

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1108369278

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The extent to which language is inseparable from thought has long been a major subject of debate across linguistics, psychology, philosophy and other disciplines. In this study, Wallace Chafe presents a thought-based theory of language that goes beyond traditional views that semantics, syntax, and sounds are sufficient to account for language design. Language begins with thoughts in the mind of a speaker and ends by affecting thoughts in the mind of a listener. This obvious observation is seldom incorporated in descriptions of language design for two major reasons. First, the role of thought is usually usurped by semantics. But semantic structures are imposed on thought by languages and differ from one language to another. Second, thought does not lend itself to familiar methods of linguistic analysis. Chafe suggests ways of describing thoughts, traces the path languages follow from thoughts to sounds, and explores ways in which thoughts are oriented in time, memory, imagination, reality, and emotions.

Thought-based Linguistics
Thought-based Linguistics

Author: Wallace Chafe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-04-19

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1108373054

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The extent to which language is inseparable from thought has long been a major subject of debate across linguistics, psychology, philosophy and other disciplines. In this study, Wallace Chafe presents a thought-based theory of language that goes beyond traditional views that semantics, syntax, and sounds are sufficient to account for language design. Language begins with thoughts in the mind of a speaker and ends by affecting thoughts in the mind of a listener. This obvious observation is seldom incorporated in descriptions of language design for two major reasons. First, the role of thought is usually usurped by semantics. But semantic structures are imposed on thought by languages and differ from one language to another. Second, thought does not lend itself to familiar methods of linguistic analysis. Chafe suggests ways of describing thoughts, traces the path languages follow from thoughts to sounds, and explores ways in which thoughts are oriented in time, memory, imagination, reality, and emotions.

Cultural Models in Language and Thought
Cultural Models in Language and Thought

Author: Dorothy Holland

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1987-01-30

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780521311687

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A multidisciplinary collaboration exploring the role of cultural knowledge in everyday language and understanding.

Thinking Linguistically
Thinking Linguistically

Author: Maya Honda

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-11-05

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1405108312

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Thinking Linguistically is a unique and clearly written introduction to the nature of linguistic analysis and issues in language acquisition. The book is for undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics, education, and psychology. Through twenty problem sets, based in languages not only from the Americas but from other continents as well, Thinking Linguistically: • Initiates students to the linguists’ way of observing and analyzing data by making the methods and the process of inquiry visible and accessible. • Engages students in analyzing the breadth and depth of two phenomena in a variety of languages—the expression of noun phrase plurality and the formation of questions. • Integrates analysis of these phenomena with results from first and second language acquisition research. • Emphasizes the interface between phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. • Exemplifies how linguistic analysis can be used for the teaching of critical thinking, problem solving, and the nature of scientific inquiry in general. • Is ideal for future language teachers for understanding acquisition and linguistic phenomena

Language, Thought and Consciousness
Language, Thought and Consciousness

Author: Peter Carruthers

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-02-19

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780521639996

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Peter Carruthers argues that much of human conscious thinking is conducted in the medium of natural language sentences.

Language Diversity and Thought
Language Diversity and Thought

Author: John A. Lucy

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-07-02

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780521387972

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An examination of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis on the relationship between grammar and thought.

Mappings in Thought and Language
Mappings in Thought and Language

Author: Gilles Fauconnier

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-06-13

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780521599535

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Meaning in everyday thought and language is constructed at lightning speed. We are not conscious of the staggering complexity of the cognitive operations that drive our simplest behavior. This 1997 book examines a central component of meaning construction: the mappings that link mental spaces. A deep result of the research is that the same principles operate at the highest levels of scientific, artistic, and literary thought, and at the lower levels of elementary understanding and sentence meaning. Some key cognitive operations are analogical mappings, conceptual integration and blending, discourse management, induction and recursion. The analyses are based on a rich array of attested data in ordinary language, humor, action and design, science, and narratives. Phenomena that receive attention include counterfactuals; time, tense, and mood; opacity; metaphor; fictive motion; grammatical constructions; quantification over cognitive domains.

Constituent Order in Language and Thought
Constituent Order in Language and Thought

Author: Masatoshi Koizumi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-01-31

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1108844030

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Based on a field-based comparative psycholinguistics case study, this is the first book to explore neurocognition in endangered languages.

The Bilingual Mind
The Bilingual Mind

Author: Aneta Pavlenko

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-02-06

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 0521888425

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If language influences the way we think, does it mean that bilinguals think differently in their respective languages? Interweaving cutting edge research, case studies and personal experience, this book will take you on a quest to unlock the mysteries of the bilingual mind.