Linguistic Supertypes : : A Cognitive-Semiotic Theory of Human Communication / / Per Durst-Andersen.

The book offers a completely new view of language and of languages such as Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Georgian, Danish and English by dividing them into three supertypes on the basis of a step-by-step examination of their relationship to perception and cognition, their representation of situations...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©2012
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC] , 6
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Physical Description:1 online resource (314 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I: Language and beyond
  • Chapter 1. Language and situations
  • Chapter 2. Language and perception
  • Chapter 3. Language and cognition
  • Part II: Grammar and communication
  • Chapter 4. Grammar and pragmatics
  • Chapter 5. Grammar and semiotics
  • Part III: Language inside out
  • Chapter 6. From types to supertypes
  • Chapter 7. The basic voice of language
  • Chapter 8. Linguistic expansion
  • Chapter 9. The principal and secondary voice of language
  • Focusing summary
  • References
  • Definition list
  • Index