Language in the Context Of Use : Discourse and Cognitive Approaches to Language.

Language in the Context Of Use : Discourse and Cognitive Approaches to Language.

The volume explores key convergences between cognitive and discourse approaches to language and language learning, both first and second. The emphasis is on the role of language as it is used in everyday interaction and as it reflects everyday cognition. The contributors share a usage-based perspect...

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Main Author: Tyler, Andrea
Other Authors: Kim, Yiyoung, Takada, Mari
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Series:Cognitive Linguistics Research, v. 37.
Subjects:
Discourse analysis.
Cognitive grammar.
Language acquisition.
Cognitive grammar
Discourse analysis
Language acquisition
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Summary:The volume explores key convergences between cognitive and discourse approaches to language and language learning, both first and second. The emphasis is on the role of language as it is used in everyday interaction and as it reflects everyday cognition. The contributors share a usage-based perspective on language - whether they are examining grammar or metaphor or interactional dynamics - which situates language as part of a broader range of systems which underlie the organization of social life and human thought. While sharing fundamental assumptions about language, the particulars of the ar.
Physical Description:1 online resource (372 pages)
ISBN:9783110199123
3110199122
1282194682
9781282194687
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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