Perception and cognition in language and culture /

Perception and cognition in language and culture / edited By Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Anne Storch. - 1 online resource (xx, 279 pages) : illustrations - Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; v. 3 . - Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; v. 3. .

This volume is the outcome of an international workshop held at the University of Cologne in the autumn of 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; List of Tables, Maps and Figures; Chapter One Linguistic Expression of Perception and Cognition: A Typological Glimpse; Chapter Two Knowing, Smelling and Telling Tales in Luwo; Chapter Three Source of Information and Unexpected Information in!Xun-Evidential, Mirative and Counterexpectation Markers; Chapter Four A Quechuan Mirative?; Chapter Five Seeing, Hearing and Thinking in Korowai, a Language of West Papua; Chapter Six Perception and Cognition in Manambu, a Papuan Language from New Guinea.

Every language has a way of talking about seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. This can be done through lexical means, and through grammatical evidentials. The studies presented here focus on the experssions of perception and cognition in languages of Africa, Oceania, and South America.


English.

9789004210127 (electronic bk.) 9004210121 (electronic bk.) (Cloth) (Cloth) (MyiLibrary) (MyiLibrary)

10.1163/9789004210127 DOI

441738 MIL




Evidentials (Linguistics)
Typology (Linguistics)
Perception.
Cognition.
Language and culture.
Psycholinguistics.
Évidentialité.
Typologie (Linguistique)
Perception.
Cognition.
Langage et culture.
Psycholinguistique.
cognition.
psycholinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Psycholinguistics.
Cognition.
Evidentials (Linguistics)
Language and culture.
Perception.
Psycholinguistics.
Typology (Linguistics)


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