Language, Mind, and Culture
A Practical Introduction
Published on 23. November 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-19-518720-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book shows that given the new findings of cognitive linguistics, it is possible to offer a unified account of not only linguistic meaning but also that of meaning in a wide variety of social and cultural phenomena. It is suggested that cognitive linguistics is a much more comprehensive enterprise than is commonly accepted--both inside and outside the field. The book presents a comprehensive account of meaning in many linguistic and cultural phenomena that is crucially based and dependent on cognitive capacities that human understanders and producers of language possess independently of their ability to use language.
Reviews / Votes
This newest addition to the Koevecses canon willstand as one of his most engaging and conclusive works. Thus, it is highly recommended for all metaphor
researchers and scholars. For a broader readership, the book is engaging as well as pedagogical. Thus, it is
highly recommended as a fine overall introduction to the cognitive linguistics of metaphor and as an
exceptional overview of the important roles of culture, history, and of course, context in figurative
communication.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
27 line illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
672 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-518720-5 (9780195187205)
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Person
Zoltan Koevecses is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of American Studies at Eoetvoes Lora'and University, Budapest. He is the author of Metaphor: A Practical Introduction (OUP, 2002).