Imagery, broadly defined as all that people may construe in
cognitive models pertaining to vision, hearing, touch, taste,
smell, and feeling states, precedes and shapes human language. In
this pathfinding book, Gary B. Palmer restores imagery to a central
place in studies of language and culture by bringing together the
insights of cognitive linguistics and anthropology to form a new
theory of cultural linguistics.
Palmer begins by showing how cognitive grammar complements the
traditional anthropological approaches of Boasian linguistics,
ethnosemantics, and the ethnography of speaking. He then applies
his cultural theory to a wealth of case studies, including Bedouin
lamentations, spatial organization in Coeur d'Alene place names and
anatomical terms, Kuna narrative sequence, honorifics in Japanese
sales language, the domain of ancestral spirits in Proto-Bantu
noun-classifiers, Chinese counterfactuals, the non-arbitrariness of
Spanish verb forms, and perspective schemas in English
discourse.
This pioneering approach suggests innovative solutions to old
problems in anthropology and new directions for research. It will
be important reading for everyone interested in anthropology,
linguistics, cognitive science, and philosophy.
General
Imprint: |
University Of Texas Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 1996 |
First published: |
1996 |
Authors: |
Gary B Palmer
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
360 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-292-76569-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
|
LSN: |
0-292-76569-X |
Barcode: |
9780292765696 |
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