|
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics
|
Buy Now
Attention & Meaning - The Attentional Basis of Meaning (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R7,291
Discovery Miles 72 910
|
|
|
Attention & Meaning - The Attentional Basis of Meaning (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Among the cognitive processes involved in the construction of any
kind of meaning, attention is fundamental in determining why, how
and what we mean. Attention plays a primary role in the process of
learning the meanings of words and more generally of acquiring
knowledge; signification, discourse and persuasion; perceiving,
representing and (re)framing reality; shaping the attitudes of the
audience; conveying values and ideologies. Conversely, the meanings
of words and more generally, of signs, convey the condensed
instructions for the attentional operations one has to perform in
order to consciously experience what is expressed through and by
them. Language, by addressing and guiding attention in specific
ways, helps to select, amplify and support certain semantic
components and concepts, and construct and communicate knowledge
and values. This book is the first to present a comprehensive
overview of the extant research on the relationships between
attention and meaning. The contributions collected here offer an
overview of the most prominent theories and models developed so far
that aim to explain how attention determines meaning construction.
This book will be of interest to students, researchers and teachers
in the realm of linguistics, semantics, discourse studies,
semiotics, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, linguistic
development, cognitive architectures of language, neuropsychology
of linguistic function and social psychology.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
