Instruction grammar : from perception via grammar to action / Simon Kasper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kasper, Simon, author.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; Band 293.

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 1861-4302 ; Volume 293

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (558 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together evidence from natural and social sciences, the work introduces the non-reductionist Instruction Grammar programme. Viewed from within the practicalities of the lifeworld, utterances are described as instructions to simulate perceptions and attributions for action. The approach provides solutions to long-standing philosophical problems of cognitive grammar theories and traditionally puzzling syntactic phenomena.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Symbols

Abbreviations

1. Introduction: the argument of this book

Introduction

2. A Culturalistic Pragmatist research programme

3. Perception, conceptualization, and action

4. Linking syntax and semantics

5. Conclusion

Glossary

Appendix: The status of traditional semantic notions in the present theory

References

Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 13, 2015).

ISBN:

9783110430158

3110430150

9783110430196

3110430193

OCLC:

952799395