Construing experience through meaning a language-based approach to cognition
The subject of this book is how human beings construe their experience of the world. The construction of experience is usually thought of as knowledge, represented in the form of conceptual taxonomies, schemata, scripts and the like. The authors offer an interpretation that is complementary to this,...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum
1999.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Open linguistics series.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798297506719 |
| Sumario: | The subject of this book is how human beings construe their experience of the world. The construction of experience is usually thought of as knowledge, represented in the form of conceptual taxonomies, schemata, scripts and the like. The authors offer an interpretation that is complementary to this, treating experience not as knowing but as meaning; and hence as something that is construed in language. In other words, the concern is with the construal of human experience as a semantic system; and since language plays the central role not only in storing and exchanging experience but also in co |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (672 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [619]-641) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283205368 9786613205360 9781441131737 |
