LINGUIST List 11.2087

Sat Sep 30 2000

Books: Socio/Anthropological Ling, Pidgins & Creoles

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>



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  • Joyce Reid, Language and Conceptualization, J.Nuyts & E.Pederson (Ed.)
  • Joyce Reid, An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles, J.Holm

    Message 1: Language and Conceptualization, J.Nuyts & E.Pederson (Ed.)

     Date: 28 Sep 2000 10:23:51 +0800
    From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
    Subject: Language and Conceptualization, J.Nuyts & E.Pederson (Ed.)


    Now in paperback.. Language and Conceptualization

    Editors Jan Nuyts, University of Antwerp Eric Pederson, University of Oregon, Eugene

    "I recommend this book to anthropologists interested in language or cognition. ...all of the chapters provide succinct statements of general theory, detailed ethnographic observations, or interesting experimental results."- Gary B. Palmer, American Anthropologist

    "...the book is of interest to anthropological linguists interested in the relavance of our work to cognitive science."-Malcah Yaeger-Dror, Language in Society

    <TXT> To what extent is conceptualization based on linguistic representation? And to what extent is it variable across cultures, communities or even individuals? Of crucial importance in the attempt to develop a comprehensive theory of human cognition, these remain among the most difficult questions in the cognitive sciences. This volume brings together ten new contributions from leading scholars working in a wide cross section of disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, psychology and philosophy.

    Contributors:

    Jay Atlas, Balthasar Bickel, Mary Carroll, Ronald W. Langacker, Stephen C. Levinson, David McNeill, Jan Nuyts, Eric Pederson, Edward A. Robinson, Eve Sweetser, Russell S. Tomlin, Paul Werth

    Context:

    1 Overview: on the relationship between language and conceptualization, Eric Pederson and Jan Nuyts; 2 From outer to inner space: linguistic categories and non-linguistic thinking, Stephen C. Levinson; 3 Spacial operations in deixis, cognition, and culture: where to orient oneself in Belhare, Balthasas Bickel; 4 Remote worlds: the conceptual representation of linguistic would, Paul Werth; 5 Role and individual interpretations of change predicates, Eve Sweetser; 6 Changing place in English and German: language-specific preferences in the conceptualization of spatial relations, Mary Carroll; 7 Mapping conceptual representations into linguistic representations: the role of attention in grammar, Russell S. Tomlin; 8 Growth points cross-linguistically, David McNeill; 9 On the modularity of sentence processing: semantical generality and the language of thought, Jay David Atlas; 10 The contextual basis of cognitive semantics, Ronald W. Langacker; 11 The cognitive foundations of pragmatic principles: implications for theories of linguistic and cognitive representation, Edward A. Robinson; Subject index; Index of names

    Language, Culture and Cognition 1

    2000/290 pp./2 halftones/27 line diagrams 77481-0/Pb/List: $24.95 Disc.: $19.96

    AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW

    http://www.cambridge.org

    Message 2: An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles, J.Holm

     Date: 28 Sep 2000 14:29:54 +0800
    From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
    Subject: An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles, J.Holm


    An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles

    John Holm, University of Coimbra, Portugal

    This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Long misunderstood as "bad" versions of European languages, today such varieties as Jamaican Creole English, Haitian Creole French and New Guinea Pidgin are recognized as distinct languages in their own right.

    Contents:

    List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations and symbols; Maps; 1. Introduction; 2. The development of theory; 3. Social factors; 4. Lexicosemantics; 5. Phonology; 6. Syntax; 7. Conclusions; References; Index.

    Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics 2000/304 pp./2 maps/8 tables

    58460-4/Hb/List: $69.95 Disc.: $55.96 58581-3/Pb/List: $24.95 Disc.: $19.96

    Available for review

    http://www.cambridge.org






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