Date: 13-Apr-2007
From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrich degruyter.com>
Subject: Ontolinguistics: Schalley, Zaefferer (Eds)
Title: Ontolinguistics
Subtitle: How ontological status shapes the linguistic coding of concepts
Series Title: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] 176
Published: 2007
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
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Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-9783110189971-1&l=E
Editor: Andrea C. Schalley
Editor: Dietmar Zaefferer
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110189971 Pages: 440 Price: Europe EURO 98.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110189971 Pages: 440 Price: U.S. $ 132.30 Comment: for USA, Canada & Mexico
Abstract:
Current progress in linguistic theorizing is more and more informed by cross-linguistic (including cross-modal) investigation. Comparison of languages relies crucially on the concepts that can be coded with similar effort in all languages. These concepts are part of every language user's ontology, the network of cross-connected conceptualizations the mind uses in coping with the world. Assuming that language comparability is rooted in the comparability of user ontologies, the idea of the present volume is to further instigate progress in linguistics by looking behind the interface with the conceptal-intentional system and asking a still underexplored question: How are ontological structures reflected in intra- and cross-linguistic regularities? This question defines the research program of ontology based linguistics or ontolinguistics. Recent advances in the theory of language have been characterized by an emphasis on external explanatory adequacy and thus on relating language to other phenomena. The research program introduced in this volume adds a decisively distinct and fresh aspect to this emerging new contextualization of the field by bringing together insights from different areas, mainly linguistics, but also neuroscience, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. In providing these disciplines with a new common task, the exploration of the impact of ontological structures on linguistic regularities, the ontolinguistic approach promises to develop into a vital branch of cognitive science. Documenting the beginnings, the book aims to instigate future interdisciplinary research in this area. Of Interest To: Researchers in Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, and Cognitive Science in general. To order, please contact: Rhenus Medien Logistik GmbH & Co. KG Justus-von-Liebig-Straße 1 86899 Landsberg Tel.: +49-(0) 8191-97000-214 Fax: +49-(0) 8191-97000-594 e-mail: deGruyter rhenus.de For USA, Canada, Mexico: Walter de Gruyter, Inc. PO Box 960 Herndon, VA 20172-0960 Tel.: +1 (703) 661 1589 Tel. Toll-free +1 (800) 208 8144 Fax: +1 (703) 661 1501 e-mail: degruytermail presswarehouse.com Please visit our website for other publications by Mouton de Gruyter: http://www.mouton-publishers.com/ For free demo versions of Mouton de Gruyter's multimedia products, please visit http://www.mouton-online.com/ Prices do not include postage and handling. Prices are subject to change.
Linguistic Field(s):
Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Language
Semantics
Typology
Written In: English (eng )
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