Perspectives on Language and Conceptualization

Editors

Jan Nuyts | Free University of Brussels

Eric Pederson | Free University of Brussels

Paperback – Available

ISBN 9789027226686 (Eur) | EUR 68.00

ISBN 9781588111395 (USA) | USD 102.00

e-Journal – Available

| EUR 58.00

Publishing status: Available

Table of Contents

Introduction Jan Nuyts and Eric Pederson	7–8
On the Very Idea of Thinking in Words Jonathan Berg	9–19
The Cognitive Basis of the Meaning and Function of Cross-Linguistic TAKE and V Lena Ekberg	21–42
Generalised Onomasiological Salience Dirk Geeraerts	43–56
Japanese Numeral Classifiers: Their Implications for Conceptual Coherence Kyoko Inoue	57–77
Demonstratives, Direct Reference and Mental Models Walter De Mulder	79–97
Reference to Objects in Text Production Christiane von Stutterheim, Roland Mangold-Allwinn, Stefan Barattelli, Ute Kohlmann and Hans-Gerhart Kölbing	99–125
Conceptual Associations and Weak Existential Assertions Svetlana Vogeleer	127–144
Against a Composite Analysis of Certain Causative Constructions Jan van Voorst	145–165
Language and Environment: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Gestural Communication Systems of Chinese and American Deaf Children Xiao-lei Wang, Carolyn Mylander and Susan Goldin-Meadow	167–185
Causality and Context Dependence Yael Ziv	187–200
Abstracts	201–205

Subjects

CF: Linguistics

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General