How Language Makes Meaning - Embodiment and Conjoined Antonymy

List of contents

1. The coin toss; 2. Deviance; 3. Omission; 4. Imprecision; 5. Indirectness; 6. Figurativeness; 7. Language play; 8. The social media; 9. The art of language; 10. The end game; Epilogue: a clearing revealing an eclipse; References; Index.

About the author

Herbert L. Colston is Professor and Chair for the Department of Linguistics at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Herbert L. Colston, Herbert L. (University of Alberta) Colston, Colston Herbert L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781108421652
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42165-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics