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“sandeep prasada”

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  • Conceptual Form

    The Hidden Structure of Commonsense Concepts

    by Sandeep Prasada ...
    A theory of the formal structure of commonsense concepts.In Conceptual Form, Sandeep Prasada develops a new and original approach to the study of commonsense concepts. He argues that lexically expressible concepts such as DOG possess a formal structure—a conceptual form—which provides perspectives for thinking, talking, and reasoning. These perspectives are not a property of the things the concept ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

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    What Categories Reveal about the Mind

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  • Foundations of Language

    Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution

    by Ray Jackendoff ...
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  • Mental Logic

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    Over the past decade, the question of whether there is a mental logic has become subject to considerable debate. There have been attacks by critics who believe that all reasoning uses mental models and return attacks on mental-models theory. This controversy has invaded various journals and has created issues between mental logic and the biases-and-heuristics approach to reasoning, and the content ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

    by Danny Steinberg ...
    Series series Learning about Language
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  • Meaning in English

    An Introduction

    by Javier Valenzuela ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to the English Language
    This lively, compact textbook introduces readers to semantics - the study of how we construct meaning in communication. Easy to follow, and with a clear structure, it explains formal terminology in a simple and understandable way, without using formal notation or logic, and draws on dozens of examples from up-to-date empirical research findings. Offering a tight integration of classic semantic ... Read more

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  • Significance in Language

    A Theory of Semantics

    by Jim Feist ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Linguistics
    This book offers a unique perspective on meaning in language, broadening the scope of existing understanding of meaning by introducing a comprehensive and cohesive account of meaning that draws on a wide range of linguistic approaches.The volume seeks to build up a complete picture of what meaning is, different types of meaning, and different ways of structuring the same meaning across myriad ... Read more

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  • Cognitive Linguistics

    A Complete Guide

    by Vyvyan Evans ...

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  • Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory

    by Zoltán Kövecses ...
    The phenomenon known as metaphor is an extremely complex mental event - we cannot capture its complexity if we tie ourselves to existing standard views on metaphor. This book offers fresh insight into metaphor, updating an established theory, conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), in the context of current cognitive linguistic theory, and clarifying many of the issues that researchers in the study of ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • A Mind for Language

    An Introduction to the Innateness Debate

    by Harry van der Hulst ...
    How does human language arise in the mind? To what extent is it innate, or something that is learned? How do these factors interact? The questions surrounding how we acquire language are some of the most fundamental about what it means to be human and have long been at the heart of linguistic theory. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to this fascinating debate, unravelling the ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought

    Edited by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    A comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has been written in response to the growing interest among scholars and students from a variety of disciplines such as linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, music and psychology. These essays explore the significance of metaphor in language, thought, culture and artistic expression. There are five main themes of ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics

    Edited by Wen Xu, John R. Taylor ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics
    The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics provides a comprehensive introduction and essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in pragmatics, discourse analysis, biolinguistics, ecolinguistics, evolutionary ... Read more

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