Language and memory : aspects of knowledge representation / edited by Hanna Pishwa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pishwa, Hanna.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 173.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 173

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psycholinguistics.

Memory.

Physical Description:

vi, 447 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, [2006]

Contents:

Memory and language: introduction / Hanna Pishwa

A constructivist epistemology for the language sciences / Ngoni Chipere

'What's a nice NP like you doing in a place like this?' The grammar and use of English inversions / Gert Webelhuth ... [et al.]

Co-occurrence and constructions / Paul Deane

On the reduction of complexity: some thoughts on the interaction between conceptual metaphor, conceptual metonymy, and human memory / Rainer Schulze

Making ends meet / Uwe Multhaup

Evaluation and cognition: inscribing, evoking and provoking opinion / Monika A. Bednarek

Causality and subjectivity: the casual connectives of Modern Greek / Eliza Kitis

Expression of goals in communication: the case of multifunctional 'try' / Hanna Pishwa

What psycholinguistic negation research tells us about the nature of the working memory representations utilized in language comprehension / Barbara Kaup

It utterly boggles the mind: knowledge, common ground and coherence / Wolfram Bublitz

Remembering another's experience: epistemological stance and evaluation in narrative retelling / Ilana Mushin

Conversation memory: intentions, politeness, and the social context / Thomas Holtgraves

Nonliteral language, persuasion, and memory / Roger Kreuz and Aaron Ashley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3110189771

OCLC:

64288959

Publisher Number:

9783110189773