Toward a Cognitive Semantics, Volume 1: Concept Structuring Systems

by Leonard Talmy

Overview

In this two-volume set, Talmy approaches the question of how language organizes conceptual material both at a general level and by analyzing a crucial set of particular conceptual domains: space and time, motion and location, causation and force interaction, and attention and viewpoint.

One of a two-volume set defining the field of cognitive semantics. Leonard Talmy approaches the question of how language organizes conceptual material both at a general level and by analyzing a crucial set of particular conceptual domains: space and time, motion and location, causation and force interaction, and attention and viewpoint. Talmy maintains that these are among the most fundamental parameters by which language structures conception. By combining these conceptual domains into an integrated whole, Talmy shows, we advance our understanding of the overall conceptual and semantic structure of natural language. Volume one examines the fundamental systems by which language shapes concepts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262700962
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	01/24/2003
Series:	Language, Speech, and Communication , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	573
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Leonard Talmy is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Director Emeritus of the Center for Cognitive Science at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He is the author of Toward a Cognitive Semantics, volume 1, Concept Structuring Systems, and volume 2, Typology and Process in Concept Structuring (MIT Press).

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
Part 1	Typological Patterns in the Representation of Event Structure	19
Chapter 1	Lexicalization Patterns	21
Chapter 2	Surveying Lexicalization Patterns	147
Chapter 3	A Typology of Event Integration	213
Chapter 4	Borrowing Semantic Space: Diachronic Hybridization	289
Part 2	Semantic Interaction	321
Chapter 5	Semantic Conflict and Resolution	323
Chapter 6	Communicative Goals and Means: Their Cognitive Interaction	337
Part 3	Other Cognitive Systems	371
Chapter 7	The Cognitive Culture System	373
Chapter 8	A Cognitive Framework for Narrative Structure	417
	References	483
	Index	491

What People are Saying About This

Ray Jackendoff

At last we have all these classic papers in one place! This collection finally makes it possible to appreciate the full scope and originality of Talmy's pioneering work in cognitive linguistics.

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At last we have all these classic papers in one place! This collection finally makes it possible to appreciate the full scope and originality of Talmy's pioneering work in cognitive linguistics.

—Ray Jackendoff, Professor of Linguistics, Brandeis University

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At last we have all these classic papers in one place! This collection finally makes it possible to appreciate the full scope and originality of Talmy's pioneering work in cognitive linguistics.

—Ray Jackendoff, Professor of Linguistics, Brandeis University

Editorial Reviews

"At last we have all these classic papers in one place! This collection finally makes it possible to appreciate the full scope and originality of Talmy's pioneering work in cognitive linguistics."--Ray Jackendoff, Professor of Linguistics, Brandeis University

"Leonard Talmy is among the foremost scholars in the rapidly developing and expanding field that has come to be called 'cognitive linguistics.' This book will be a fundamental and much-cited work in that field, in linguistics generally, and beyond."--Ronald Langacker, Department of Linguistics, University of California San Diego

"Talmy's penetrating analyses of the structure of language provide deep insights into the fundamental structure of cognition: space, time, causality, and social influence."--Barbara Tversky, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

"These volumes bring together the works of a man who has profoundly influenced the study of linguistic meaning. An extremely rich collection, and essential reading for anyone interested in the relation of language and thought."--Terry Regier, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago

& quot; At last we have all these classic papers in one place! This collection finally makes it possible to appreciate the full scope and originality of Talmy's pioneering work in cognitive linguistics.& quot; --Ray Jackendoff, Professor of Linguistics, Brandeis University

& quot; Leonard Talmy is among the foremost scholars in the rapidly developing and expanding field that has come to be called 'cognitive linguistics.' This book will be a fundamental and much-cited work in that field, in linguistics generally, and beyond.& quot; --Ronald Langacker, Department of Linguistics, University of California San Diego

& quot; Talmy's penetrating analyses of the structure of language provide deep insights into the fundamental structure of cognition: space, time, causality, and social influence.& quot; --Barbara Tversky, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

& quot; These volumes bring together the works of a man who has profoundly influenced the study of linguistic meaning. An extremely rich collection, and essential reading for anyone interested in the relation of language and thought.& quot; --Terry Regier, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago

" At last we have all these classic papers in one place! This collection finally makes it possible to appreciate the full scope and originality of Talmy's pioneering work in cognitive linguistics." --Ray Jackendoff, Professor of Linguistics, Brandeis University

" Leonard Talmy is among the foremost scholars in the rapidly developing and expanding field that has come to be called 'cognitive linguistics.' This book will be a fundamental and much-cited work in that field, in linguistics generally, and beyond." --Ronald Langacker, Department of Linguistics, University of California San Diego

" Talmy's penetrating analyses of the structure of language provide deep insights into the fundamental structure of cognition: space, time, causality, and social influence." --Barbara Tversky, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

" These volumes bring together the works of a man who has profoundly influenced the study of linguistic meaning. An extremely rich collection, and essential reading for anyone interested in the relation of language and thought." --Terry Regier, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago

--Barbara Tversky, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

--Ronald Langacker, Department of Linguistics, University of California San Diego

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