Language, text, and knowledge : mental models of expert communication / edited by Lita Lundquist, Robert J. Jarvella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lundquist, Lita.

Jarvella, R. J.

Series:

Text, Translation, Computational Processing [TTCP]

Text, translation, computational processing ; 2

Text, Translation, Computational Processing [TTCP] , 1861-4272 ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Psychological aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Sublanguage.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2010

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Casting light on the interplay between language and domain-specific knowledge, this book brings together ideas and approaches from cognitive linguistics and psychology, explaining how language works.

Contents:

Front matter

Introduction / Lundquist, Lita / Jarvella, Robert J.

Lexical and dynamic topoi in semantic description: A theoretical and practical differentiation between words and terms / Raccah, Pierre-Yves

Does routine formulation change meaning? - The impact of genre on word semantics in the legal domain / Engberg, Jan

Noun phrases in specialized communication. The cognitive processing of the Danish s-genitive construction / Müller, Henrik Høeg

Semantic roles in expert texts - exemplified by the Patient role in judgments / Almlund, Åse

Knowledge, events, and anaphors in texts for specific purposes / Lundquist, Lita

On the structure of legal knowledge : The importance of knowing legal rules for understanding legal texts / Kjær, Anne Lise

Communicative situations as reflected in text structure. On legal text production and background knowledge / Madsen, Dorte

Transfer of knowledge in cross-cultural discourse / Rothkegel, Annely

Argumentation and knowledge - An empirical study on inference-making in expert and novice reasoning / Palsbro, Lene

Knowledge representation in the domain of economics / Noordman, Leo G. M. / Vonk, Wietske / Simons, Wim H. G.

On judging quantities in text without expert knowledge / Jarvella, Robert J. / Mathieu, Suzie

Risk portrayal and risk appreciation as a problem in language use / Sanford, Anthony J. / Moxey, Linda M.

Appendix: The TV judgment

List of contributors

Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110826005

3110826003

OCLC:

843635690