Linguistic Relativity : Evidence Across Languages and Cognitive Domains.
Title:
Linguistic Relativity : Evidence Across Languages and Cognitive Domains.
Author:
Everett, Caleb.
ISBN:
9783110308143
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (298 pages)
Series:
Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL] ; v.25
Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL]
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- 1 Contextualizing the issues -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Intuitions regarding linguistic relativity -- 1.3 A brief history of the linguistic relativity hypothesis -- 1.4 Motivations for criticisms of the hypothesis -- 1.5 Issues with some prominent criticisms -- 1.6 Types of linguistic relativity -- 1.7 The structure of this book -- 2 Acknowledging diversity -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cognitive diversity across human populations -- 2.3 Linguistic diversity across human populations -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 Refining methodology -- 3.1 Methodological issues to be addressed -- 3.2 Conclusion -- 4 Space -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Spatial topology -- 4.3 Frames of reference -- 4.3.1 Experimental evidence -- 4.3.2 Some objections and other considerations -- 4.4 Dead reckoning -- 4.5 Discussion and conclusion -- 5 Time -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Spatial metaphors and temporal conceptualization -- 5.3 Crosslinguistic studies on temporal perception -- 5.4 Discussion and conclusion -- 6 Quantities -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The case of nearly anumeric language -- 6.3 The case of anumeric language -- 6.4 Other kinds of effects -- 6.5 Discussion and conclusion -- 7 Color -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Color categories across languages -- 7.3 Evidence for disparate discrimination of color categories -- 7.3.1 Categorical perception effects -- 7.3.2 Hemisphere-variant categorical perception effects -- 7.4 Discussion and conclusion -- 8 Objects and substances -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Initial findings among the Yucatec Maya -- 8.3 Work with speakers of other languages -- 8.4 Discussion and conclusion -- 9 Gender -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Construal of non-human entities -- 9.3 Construal of human referents -- 9.4 Discussion and conclusion -- 10 Other kinds of effects -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Recalling accidents -- 10.3 Emotion.
10.4 Counterfactual reasoning -- 10.5 Action construal -- 10.6 Other explorable topics -- 11 Conclusion -- 11.1 What this survey has demonstrated, and what it has not -- 11.2 The reality of linguistic relativity -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Honorary editor: René Dirven The series Applications of Cognitive Linguistics (ACL) welcomes book proposals from any domain where the theoretical insights developed in Cognitive Linguistics (CL) have been (or could be) fruitfully applied. In the past thirty-five years, the CL movement has articulated a rich and satisfying view of language around a small number of foundational principles. The first one argues that language faculties do not constitute a separate module of cognition, but emerge as specialized uses of more general cognitive abilities. The second principle emphasises the symbolic function of language. The grammar of individual languages (including the lexicon, morphology, and syntax) can be exclusively described as a structured inventory of conventionalized symbolic units. The third principle states that meaning is equated with conceptualization. It is subjective, anthropomorphic, and crucially incorporates humans' experience with their bodies and the world around them. Finally, CL's Usage-Based conception anchors the meaning of linguistic expressions in the rich soil of their social usage. Consequently, usage-related issues such as frequency and entrenchment contribute to their semantic import. Taken together, these principles provide researchers in different academic fields with a powerful theoretical framework for the investigation of linguistic issues in the specific context of their particular disciplines. The primary focus of ACL is to serve as a high level forum for the result of these investigations.
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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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