Mental Spaces - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mental Spaces write by Gilles Fauconnier. This book was released on 1994-08-26. Mental Spaces available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mental Spaces is the classic introduction to the study of mental spaces and conceptual projection, as revealed through the structure and use of language. It examines in detail the dynamic construction of connected domains as discourse unfolds. The discovery of mental space organization has modified our conception of language and thought: powerful and uniform accounts of superficially disparate phenomena have become available in the areas of reference, presupposition projection, counterfactual and analogical reasoning, metaphor and metonymy, and time and aspect in discourse. The present work lays the foundation for this research. It uncovers simple and general principles that lie behind the awesome complexity of everyday logic.
Frames of Understanding in Text and Discourse
Frames of Understanding in Text and Discourse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Frames of Understanding in Text and Discourse write by Alexander Ziem. This book was released on 2014-10-15. Frames of Understanding in Text and Discourse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How do words mean? What is the nature of meaning? How can we grasp a word’s meaning? The frame-semantic approach developed in this book offers some well-founded answers to such long-standing, but still controversial issues. Following Charles Fillmore’s definition of frames as both organizers of experience and tools for understanding, the monograph attempts to examine one of the most important concepts of Cognitive Linguistics in more detail. The point of departure is Fillmore’s conception of “frames of understanding” – an approach to (cognitive) semantics that Fillmore developed from 1975 to 1985. The envisaged Understanding Semantics (“U-Semantics”) is a semantic theory sui generis whose significance for linguistic research cannot be overestimated. In addition to its crucial role in the development of the theoretical foundations of U-semantics, corpus-based frame semantics can be applied fruitfully in the investigation of knowledge-building processes in text and discourse.
Figurative Language
Figurative Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Figurative Language write by Barbara Dancygier. This book was released on 2014-03-06. Figurative Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts, including metaphor, metonymy, simile, and blending, and develops new tools for analyzing them. It coherently grounds the linguistic understanding of these concepts in basic cognitive mechanisms such as categorization, frames, mental spaces, and viewpoint; and it fits them into a consistent framework which is applied to cross-linguistic data and also to figurative structures in gesture and the visual arts. Comprehensive and practical, the book includes analyses of figurative uses of both word meanings and linguistic constructions. • Provides definitions of major concepts • Offers in-depth analyses of examples, exploring multiple levels of complexity • Surveys figurative structures in different discourse genres • Helps students to connect figurative usage with the conceptual underpinnings of language • Goes beyond English to explore cross-linguistic and cross-modal data
Mental Models
Mental Models - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mental Models write by Indi Young. This book was released on 2008-02-01. Mental Models available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There is no single methodology for creating the perfect product—but you can increase your odds. One of the best ways is to understand users' reasons for doing things. Mental Models gives you the tools to help you grasp, and design for, those reasons. Adaptive Path co-founder Indi Young has written a roll-up-your-sleeves book for designers, managers, and anyone else interested in making design strategic, and successful.
Language and Bilingual Cognition
Language and Bilingual Cognition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language and Bilingual Cognition write by Reader in Applied Linguistics Vivian Cook. This book was released on 2011-04-27. Language and Bilingual Cognition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between language and cognition with a focus on bilinguals, bringing together contributions from international leading figures in various disciplines . It is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students with an interest in language and cognition, or in bilingualism and second languages.
