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The language of memory in a crosslinguistic perspective /

This book offers, for the first time, a detailed comparative study of how speakers of different languages express memory concepts. While there is a robust body of psycholinguistic research that bears on how memory and language are related, there is no comparative study of how speakers themselves con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Amberber, Mengistu, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Colección:Human cognitive processing ; v. 21.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book offers, for the first time, a detailed comparative study of how speakers of different languages express memory concepts. While there is a robust body of psycholinguistic research that bears on how memory and language are related, there is no comparative study of how speakers themselves conceptualize memory as reflected in their use of language to talk about memory. This book addresses a key question: how do speakers of different languages talk about the experience of having prior experiences coming to mind ('remembering') or failing to come to mind ('forgetting')? A complex array of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027291790
9027291799
1282152459
9781282152458
ISSN:1387-6724 ;