Paul Chilton (Lancaster University)

Language, Space and Mind

The Conceptual Geometry of Linguistic Meaning

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The idea that spatial cognition provides the foundation of linguistic meanings, even highly abstract meanings, has been put forward by a number of linguists in recent years. This book takes this proposal into new dimensions and develops a theoretical framework based on simple geometric principles.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 319
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 632g
• ISBN-13: 9781107010130
• ISBN-10: 1107010136
• Artikelnr.: 40127159

Autorenporträt

Paul Chilton is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: space, geometry, mind
2. Viewpoint, reference frames and transformations
3. Distance, direction and verbs
4. Event types and cognitive operators
5. Times, tenses and reference frames
6. Counterfactual reflections
7. Reference frames and other minds
8. Mental distance and complement clauses
9. Verbs, complements and their conceptual effects
10. The deontic dimension
11. Concluding perspectives.