This book explores the cognitive constraints and principles of variation in structures of linguistic meaning across languages. It unifies cognitive-semantic representations with formal-semantic representations to make a unique contribution to the study of typological generalizations and universals in natural language semantics. This unified approach not only helps reveal why semantic structures have the observed variation they have but also sheds light on the compelling cognitive and formal regularities and patterns in the variation of linguistic semantics. The book also advances the general principles of a cognitively oriented semantic typology.
Lucid and topical, the book will be an indispensable resource for students and researchers of language typology, linguistics, cognitive linguistics and semantics. It will also be of interest to theoretical linguists of both cognitivist and formalist schools.
By:
Prakash Mondal Imprint: Routledge India Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 530g ISBN:9781032726281 ISBN 10: 1032726288 Pages: 192 Publication Date:12 March 2024 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Prakash Mondal is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India.