30.2854, Books: Perspectives on Abstract Concepts: Bolognesi, Steen (eds.)

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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:08:32
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Perspectives on Abstract Concepts: Bolognesi, Steen (eds.)

 


Title: Perspectives on Abstract Concepts 
Subtitle: Cognition, language and communication 
Series Title: Human Cognitive Processing 65  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/hcp.65 


Editor: Marianna Bolognesi
Editor: Gerard J. Steen

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262523 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262523 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262523 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203182 Pages: 315 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203182 Pages: 315 Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203182 Pages: 315 Price: Europe EURO 100.70


Abstract:

Human language is the most powerful communication system that evolution has
produced. Within this system, we can talk about things we can physically see,
such as "cats" and "tables", but also about more abstract entities, such as
"theories" and "feelings". But how are these abstract concepts grounded in
human cognition and represented in the mind? How are they constructed in
language? And how are they used in natural communication settings?

This book addresses these questions through a collection of studies that
relate to various theoretical frameworks, ranging from Conceptual Metaphor
Theory to Words as Social Tools. Contributors investigate how abstract
concepts are grounded in the mind, represented in language, and used in verbal
discourse. This richness is matched by a range of methods used throughout the
volume, from neuroimaging to computational modeling, and from behavioral
experiments to corpus analyses.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Psycholinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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