17.390, Books: Cognitive Science/Semantics: Itkonen

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Date: 26-Jan-2006
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Analogy as Structure and Process: Itkonen 

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Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:11:41
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Analogy as Structure and Process: Itkonen 

Title: Analogy as Structure and Process 
Subtitle: Approaches in linguistics, cognitive psychology and philosophy of science 
Series Title: Human Cognitive Processing 14  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=HCP%2014 

Author: Esa Itkonen, University of Turku

Hardback: ISBN: 9027223661 Pages: xiv, 249 Price: Europe EURO 110.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027223661 Pages: xiv, 249 Price: U.S. $ 132.00

Abstract:

The concept of analogy is of central concern to modern cognitive
scientists, whereas it has been largely neglected in linguistics in the
past four decades. The goal of this thought-provoking book is (1) to
introduce a cognitively and linguistically viable notion of analogy; and
(2) to re-establish and build on traditional linguistic analogy-based
research. As a starting point, a general definition of analogy is offered
that makes the distinction between analogy-as-structure and
analogy-as-process. 

Chapter 2 deals with analogy as used in traditional linguistics. It
demonstrates how phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and diachronic
linguistics make use of analogy and discusses linguistic domains in which
analogy does or did not work. The appendix gives a description of a
computer program, which performs such instances of analogy-based syntactic
analysis as have long been claimed impossible.

Chapter 3 supports the ultimate (non-modular) 'unity of the mind' and
discusses the existence of pervasive analogies between language and such
cognitive domains as vision, music, and logic. 

The final chapter presents evidence for the view that the cosmology of
every culture is based on analogy. 

At a more abstract level, the role of analogy in scientific change is
scrutinized, resulting in a meta-analogy between myth and science. 

Table of contents

Preface  ix  
Introduction  xi-xiii  
1. The concept of analogy  1-66  
2. Analogy inside linguistics  67-127  
3. Analogy and/or overlap between language and other cognitive domains 
129-163  
4. Analogy (mainly) outside linguistics  165-197  
5. Concluding remarks  199-202  
Appendix  203-220  
Notes  221-227  
References  229-241  
Name index  243-245  
Subject index  247-249 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Semantics

Written In: English  (eng)

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