Ten lectures on cognitive linguistics and the unification of spoken and signed languages / / by Sherman Wilcox.

In Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics and the Unification of Spoken and Signed Languages Sherman Wilcox suggests that rather than abstracting away from the material substance of language, linguists can discover the deep connections between signed and spoken languages by taking an embodied view. T...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics 15.
Physical Description:1 online resource (452 pages) :; illustrations (some color).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Overview of Signed Languages
  • Signed Language Linguistics
  • Overview of Cognitive Grammar
  • Cognitive Iconicity, Conceptual Spaces, Meaning, and Gesture
  • Cognitive Grammar and Signed Languages
  • Language and Gesture
  • Two Routes from Gesture to Language
  • Setting Language in Motion
  • Dynamic Systems Theory
  • Neural Darwinism, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Grammar
  • References
  • Websites for Cognitive Linguistics and cifcl Speakers
  • Appendix.