"Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics "is designed as a comprehensive introductory text for first and second-year university students of language and linguistics. It provides a chapter on each of the more established areas in linguistics such as lexicology, morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology, historical linguistics, and language typology and on some of the newer areas such as cross-cultural semantics, pragmatics, text linguistics and contrastive linguistics.In each of these areas language is explored as part of a cognitive system comprising perception, emotion, categorisation, abstraction processes, and reasoning. All these cognitive abilities may interact with language and be influenced by language. Thus the study of language in a sense becomes the study of the way we express and exchange ideas and thoughts.This Second Revised Edition is corrected, updated and expanded."Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics "is clearly presented and organized after having been tested in several courses in various countries.Includes exercises (solutions to be found on the Internet).
Lingüística Cognitiva en la Práctica Serie
Esta serie se sumerge en el fascinante mundo de la lingüística cognitiva, explorando cómo nuestras mentes procesan y entienden el lenguaje. Ofrece introducciones claras a diversos enfoques teóricos y metodológicos que enfatizan la experiencia como clave para la adquisición, el uso y la comprensión del lenguaje. Escritos en un estilo accesible y con tareas prácticas, estos libros son ideales para estudiantes y académicos que buscan comprender la investigación lingüística contemporánea.
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