Perception and Cognition in Language and Culture.
Title:
Perception and Cognition in Language and Culture.
Author:
Aikhenvald, Alexandra.
ISBN:
9789004210127
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (299 pages)
Series:
Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture ; v.3
Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables, Maps and Figures -- Chapter One Linguistic Expression of Perception and Cognition: A Typological Glimpse -- Chapter Two Knowing, Smelling and Telling Tales in Luwo -- Chapter Three Source of Information and Unexpected Information in !Xun-Evidential, Mirative and Counterexpectation Markers -- Chapter Four A Quechuan Mirative? -- Chapter Five Seeing, Hearing and Thinking in Korowai, a Language of West Papua -- Chapter Six Perception and Cognition in Manambu, a Papuan Language from New Guinea -- Chapter Seven From Body to Knowledge: Perception and Cognition in Khwe-
Abstract:
Every language has a way of talking about seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. This can be done through lexical means, and through grammatical evidentials. The studies presented here focus on the experssions of perception and cognition in languages of Africa, Oceania, and South America.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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