Toward a Cognitive Semantics by Leonard Talmy - ISBN: 9780262700962
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In this two-volume set, Talmy approaches the question of how language organizes conceptual material both at a general level and by analyzing a crucial set of particular conceptual domains: space and time, motion and location, causation and force interaction, and attention and viewpoint.

Toward a Cognitive Semantics

Concept Structuring Systems

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    573 pages

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    24 January 2003

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In this two-volume set, Talmy approaches the question of how language organizes conceptual material both at a general level and by analyzing a crucial set of particular conceptual domains: space and time, motion and location, causation and force interaction, and attention and viewpoint.

One of a two-volume set defining the field of cognitive semantics. Leonard Talmy approaches the question of how language organizes conceptual material both at a general level and by analyzing a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262700962
ISBN-10:0262700964
Author:Leonard Talmy
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:Bradford Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:573
Release Date:24 January 2003
Weight:1.07kg
Dimensions:32mm x 178mm x 229mm
Series:Language, Speech, and Communication
Audience Age:18
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Critics Review

“At last we have all these classic papers in one place! This collection finally makes it possible to appreciate the full scope and originality of Talmy’s pioneering work in cognitive linguistics.” Ray Jackendoff, Professor of Linguistics, Brandeis University

About The Author

Leonard Talmy

Leonard Talmy is Director of the Center for Cognitive Science and Professor of Linguistics at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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