The Conceptual Basis of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)

The Conceptual Basis of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)
Author: David McNeill
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134741049

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In this volume, the author deals explicitly and literally with the speech-thought relationship. Departing boldly from contemporary linguistic and psycholinguistic thinking, the author offers us one of the truly serious efforts since Vygotsky to deal with this question. A unifying theme is the organization of action, and speech is seen as growing out of sensory-motor representations that are simultaneously part of meaning and part of action.

Foundations of General Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)

Foundations of General Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)
Author: Martin Atkinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134741251

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The first edition of this major introduction to linguistics rapidly established itself as an important student textbook, and a reference tool for those who already have some acquaintance with linguistics. This second edition has been updated and revised and includes new chapters on syntax and on current developments in generative grammar, as well as new material on the nature of language and on morphology. This book first provides a comprehensive critical review of the analytic tools and theories of linguistics and systematically surveys major concepts in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Having established the basic nature and structure of language, the final part of the book engages some of the wider issues concerning the use of language in speaking and understanding (psycholinguistics), language development in children, social aspects of language (sociolinguistics), and historical language choice.

Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics Mini-set A General Linguistics

Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics Mini-set A General Linguistics
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 3859
Release: 2021-08-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134750005

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RLE: Linguistics Mini-set A focuses on the field of General Linguistics, and collects classic titles from imprints such as Garland, Allen & Unwin, and Croom Helm. A variety of important international linguists are featured. The titles are: The Chomsky Update. The Conceptual Basis of Language. Foundations of General Linguistics. Ideologies of Language. Learning about Linguisics. Lexical Phonology and Morphology. The Linguistic Description of Opaque Contexts. Linguistic Meaning. Redefining Linguistics. A Theory of Stylistic Rules in English. Universal Grammar

The Conceptual Basis of Language

The Conceptual Basis of Language
Author: David McNeill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1979
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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Redefining Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)

Redefining Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)
Author: Hayley G. Davis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 113474286X

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The academic discipline of linguistics is at a critical stage of development. Whatever consensus there may have been fifteen or even ten years ago is fast disappearing. A process of redefinition is underway, and it is the aim of this volume to contribute to that process, explain why a redefinition is needed, and how it should proceed. In the case of linguistics the subject is also the subject matter. Many linguists have ignored the problem of definition, simply regarding linguistics as the ‘science of language itself’. What, though, is ‘language itself’? Is it a language, ie English, Swahili? Or, language in a more general sense? The primary goal of a redefinition of linguistics should be to demonstrate that language is not an objective matter. Linguistics is, and should be, the study of whatever is linguistically pertinent. A linguistics redefined would look at how we interpret and construct our day-to-day communication acts, what views of language are shared by and opposed by societies, and the source and roles that these views play in our living and learning experience. These papers argue the case for such a redefinition more explicitly than has ever been done before in modern linguistic theory. Such a redefined perspective, precisely because it is a perspective, subject to ‘outside’ influence, and in constant dialogue with the perspective of the other human sciences, must be endlessly redefined.

Foundations of General Linguistics

Foundations of General Linguistics
Author: Martin Atkinson
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1988
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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The Foundations of Linguistic Theory (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar)

The Foundations of Linguistic Theory (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar)
Author: Nigel Love
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317933648

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For Roy Harris, the fundamental problem about linguistics is that it has been led astray by the fact that we are capable intellectually of ‘decontextualising’ our own verbal behaviour. A whole interlocking system of doctrines about forms, meanings and communication has arisen designed to support the idea that one particular kind of decontextualising analysis is a prerequisite for, rather than a retrospective reflection on, that behaviour. Against this, in 13 essays collected here for the first time, Harris argues for a fresh start, which recognises that we create language ‘as we go’, both as individuals and as communities, just as we create our social structures, forms of artistic expression, moral values, and everything else we call civilisation. If Harris’s thought can be put in a nutshell, it is that all utterances (whether written or spoken) have to appear in a context, and that context is an integral part of the utterance. There is no such thing as a contextless utterance.

Ideologies of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)

Ideologies of Language (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)
Author: John E. Joseph
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134741464

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Is the study of language ideologically neutral? If so, is this study objective and autonomous? One of the most cherished assumptions of modern academic linguistics is that the study of language is, or should be, ideologically neutral. This professed ideological neutrality goes hand-in-hand with claims of scientific objectivity and explanatory autonomy. Ideologies of Language counters these claims and assumptions by demonstrating not only their descriptive inaccuracy but also their conceptual incoherence.

Data through Movement

Data through Movement
Author: Francesco Cafaro
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2022-06-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3031026101

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When you picture human-data interactions (HDI), what comes to mind? The datafication of modern life, along with open data initiatives advocating for transparency and access to current and historical datasets, has fundamentally transformed when, where, and how people encounter data. People now rely on data to make decisions, understand current events, and interpret the world. We frequently employ graphs, maps, and other spatialized forms to aid data interpretation, yet the familiarity of these displays causes us to forget that even basic representations are complex, challenging inscriptions and are not neutral; they are based on representational choices that impact how and what they communicate. This book draws on frameworks from the learning sciences, visualization, and human-computer interaction to explore embodied HDI. This exciting sub-field of interaction design is based on the premise that every day we produce and have access to quintillions of bytes of data, the exploration and analysis of which are no longer confined within the walls of research laboratories. This volume examines how humans interact with these data in informal (not work or school) environments, paritcularly in museums. The first half of the book provides an overview of the multi-disciplinary, theoretical foundations of HDI (in particular, embodied cognition, conceptual metaphor theory, embodied interaction, and embodied learning) and reviews socio-technical theories relevant for designing HDI installations to support informal learning. The second half of the book describes strategies for engaging museum visitors with interactive data visualizations, presents methodologies that can inform the design of hand gestures and body movements for embodied installations, and discusses how HDI can facilitate people's sensemaking about data. This cross-disciplinary book is intended as a resource for students and early-career researchers in human-computer interaction and the learning sciences, as well as for more senior researchers and museum practitioners who want to quickly familiarize themselves with HDI.

Redefining Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)

Redefining Linguistics (RLE Linguistics A: General Linguistics)
Author: Hayley G. Davis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134742932

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The academic discipline of linguistics is at a critical stage of development. Whatever consensus there may have been fifteen or even ten years ago is fast disappearing. A process of redefinition is underway, and it is the aim of this volume to contribute to that process, explain why a redefinition is needed, and how it should proceed. In the case of linguistics the subject is also the subject matter. Many linguists have ignored the problem of definition, simply regarding linguistics as the ‘science of language itself’. What, though, is ‘language itself’? Is it a language, ie English, Swahili? Or, language in a more general sense? The primary goal of a redefinition of linguistics should be to demonstrate that language is not an objective matter. Linguistics is, and should be, the study of whatever is linguistically pertinent. A linguistics redefined would look at how we interpret and construct our day-to-day communication acts, what views of language are shared by and opposed by societies, and the source and roles that these views play in our living and learning experience. These papers argue the case for such a redefinition more explicitly than has ever been done before in modern linguistic theory. Such a redefined perspective, precisely because it is a perspective, subject to ‘outside’ influence, and in constant dialogue with the perspective of the other human sciences, must be endlessly redefined.