LINGUIST List 10.692

Thu May 6 1999

Books: Textbook: General Linguistics

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Paul Peranteau, Textbook: Intro to Linguistics, Cognitive style

Message 1: Textbook: Intro to Linguistics, Cognitive style

Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 14:58:26 -0400
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Textbook: Intro to Linguistics, Cognitive style

John Benjamins Publishing announces the following new textbook for use in intro courses:

Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics. Rene DIRVEN and Marjolijn VERSPOOR Cognitive Linguistics in Practice 1 US & Canada: 1 55619 197 9 / USD 60.00 (Hardcover) 1 55619 198 7 / USD 24.95 (Paperback) Rest of world: 90 272 1901 X / NLG 120.00 (Hardcover) 90 272 1902 8 / NLG 50.00 (Paperback)

Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics is designed as a comprehensive introductory text for first and second-year university students of language and linguistics. It provides a chapter on each of the more established areas in linguistics such as lexicology, morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology, historical linguistics, and language typology and on some of the newer areas such as cross-cultural semantics, pragmatics, text linguistics and contrastive linguistics.

In each of these areas language is explored as part of a cognitive system comprising perception, emotion, categorisation, abstraction processes, and reasoning. All these cognitive abilities may interact with language and be influenced by language. Thus the study of language in a sense becomes the study of the way we express and exchange ideas and thoughts.

Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics is clearly presented and organized after having been tested in several courses in various countries. It contains contributions from 15 specialists from 9 countries.

Some key features of the text are: overviews and summaries for each chapter; a great many illustrations, examples, figures and tables; defined technical terms printed in bold; full index; annotated further reading lists for each chapter; exercises at the end of each chapter; detailed solutions to exercises on Internet. (This publication is sponsored by the European Socrates Bureau. Adapted editions for Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian and Spanish are in preparation.)

Contributions by: Johan De Caluwe; Rene Dirven; Dirk Geeraerts; Cliff Goddard; Stef Grondelaers; Ralf Porings; Gunther Radden; Willy Serniclaes; Marcello Soffritti; Wilbert Spooren; John Taylor; Ignacio Vaquez; Marjolijn Verspoor; Anna Wierzbicka; Margaret Winters.

John Benjamins Publishing Co. Offices: Philadelphia Amsterdam: Websites: http://www.benjamins.com http://www.benjamins.nl E-mail: servicebenjamins.com customer.servicesbenjamins.nl Phone: +215 836-1200 +31 20 6762325 Fax: +215 836-1204 +31 20 6739773

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