Language and social cognition : expression of the social mind / edited by Hanna Pishwa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pishwa, Hanna.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 206.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 206

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and culture.

Sociolinguistics.

Social perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (482 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a collection of 16 papers, eminent scholars from several disciplines present diverse and yet cohering perspectives on the expression of social knowledge, its acquisition and management. Hence, the volume is an attempt to view the social functions of language in a novel, systematic way. Such an approach has been missing due to the complexity of the matter and the emphasis on purely cognitive properties of language. The volume starts with a presentation of overarching issues of the social nature of humans and their language, providing strong evidence for the social fundaments of human nature and their reflection in language and culture. The second section demonstrates how social functions can be displayed in discourse by using language play and humor, irony and attributions as well as references to social schemas. The chapters in the third part examine a wide range of particular linguistic elements carrying social-cognitive functions. An important finding is that social-cognitive functions have to be inferred on the basis of social knowledge, frequently with the help of non-verbal cues, since languages offer only few direct expressions for them. In other words, linguistic devices used to express social content tend to be multifunctional. Interestingly, this multifunctionality does not prevent their rapid recognition. The volume presents valuable information to linguists by widening the cognitive-linguistic framework and by contributing to a better understanding of the role of pragmatics. It is also beneficial to social and cognitive psychologists by offering a broader view on the encoding and decoding of social aspects. Finally, it offers a number of fruitful ideas to students of cultural and communication studies.

Contents:

Linguistic structures as cues for social-cognitive functions : introduction / Hanna Pishwa

Social cognition and language

The origin of the social approach in language and cognitive research exemplified by studies into the origin of language / Nathalie Gontier

Fused Bodies : sense-making as a phenomenon of interacting, knowledgeable, social bodies / Anders R. Hougaard and Gitte R. Hougaard

Supracultural models, universalism and relativism : the language of personhood in Chinese and American cultures / Jason D. Patent

The development of Turkish and Finnish words related to privacy / Mai Kuha and M. Ali Bolgun

On collective cognition and language / Farzad Sharifian

Social cognition and discourse

Conversational pragmatics and social cognition / Thomas Holtgraves and Blake M. Anderson

The creative construction of social orientation : Situated positioning with English as a lingua franca / Andreas Langlotz

Constructing knowledge schemas in the workplace : a microanalysis / Susan Bridges and Brendan Bartlett

Corporate self-presentation and self-centredness : a case for cognitive critical discourse analysis / Veronika Koller

Distributed cognition and play in the quest for the double helix / L. David Ritchie

Social aspects of verbal irony use / Roger J. Kreuz and Gina M. Caucci

Social cognitive functions of single structures

Attribution theories wired into linguistic categories / Klaus Fieder and Peter Freytag

Tuned to hidden messages : exploring recurrent word combinations in English / Rainer Schulze

Emotion talk and emotional talk : cognitive and discursive perspectives / Monika Bednarek

From motion to emotion to interpersonal function : the case of fear predicates / Eliza Kitis

Metaphor in mental representations of space, time and society: the cognitive linguistics approach / Paul Chilton.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612296567

9781282296565

1282296566

9783110216080

3110216086

OCLC:

593231739