The new psychology of language : cognitive and functional approaches to language structure
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The new psychology of language : cognitive and functional approaches to language structure
（Psychology press classic editions）
Psychology Press, c2014
Classic ed
- v. 2 : hbk
Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"First edition published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 2003"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
From the point of view of psychology and cognitive science, much of modern linguistics is too formal and mathematical to be of much use. The New Psychology of Language volumes broke new ground by introducing functional and cognitive approaches to language structure in terms already familiar to psychologists, thus defining the next era in the scientific study of language.
The Classic Edition volumes re-introduce some of the most important cognitive and functional linguists working in the field. They include a new introduction by Michael Tomasello in which he reviews what has changed since the volumes were first published and highlights the fundamental insights of the original authors. The New Psychology of Language volumes are a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how cognitive and functional linguistics has become the thriving perspective on the scientific study of language that it is today.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Classic Edition, M. Tomasello
Introduction: Some Surprises for Psychologists, M. Tomasello
Concept Structuring Systems in Language, L. Talmy
Discourse and Grammar, J.W. Du Bois
Human Cognition and the Elaboration of Events: Some Universal Conceptual Categories, S. Kemmer
Social Interaction and Grammar, C.E. Ford, B.A. Fox, S.A. Thompson
Cognitive Processes in Grammaticalization, J. Bybee
Pronouns and Point of View: Cognitive Principles of Coreference, K. van Hoek
On Explaining Language Universals, B. Comrie
The Geometry of Grammatical Meaning: Semantic Maps and Cross-Linguistic Comparison, M. Haspelmath
Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: The Case ofLet Alone, C.J. Fillmore, P. Kay, M.C. O'Connor
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