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Language and social cognition : expression of the social mind /

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 ap...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pishwa, Hanna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009.
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 206.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 476 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110216080
3110216086
1282296566
9781282296565
9786612296567
6612296569
ISSN:1861-4302 ;