Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional - Linguistic

This collection explores the relationships between theory and evidences in functional linguistics, bringing together perspectives from both established and emerging scholars.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2 Using neurolinguistic and neuropsychological evidences to address theoretical questions in functional linguistics
3 Keystroke logging data: What can it tell us about mode and written language production?
4 The influence of experiential aspects of meaning on the translation process
5 On the process of choosing in translational logogenesis
6 Lexical Cohesion: Dimensions and Linguistic Properties of Chains in English and German
7 The cohesive landscape of English of-NPs: an empirical, expression-centred approach to coherence
8 Challenging instantiation in modelling movement-based multimodal communication
9 Epilogue

About the author

Elissa Asp is Professor of English and Linguistics at Saint Mary's University, Canada. Ongoing research addresses: (a) discourse correlates of dementias - especially neurodegenerative diseases associated with ageing; (b) magnetoencephalography (MEG) studies of neurocognitive networks supporting language production; and (c) the theoretical implications of (a) and (b) for models of language.
Michelle Aldridge is a Reader in the Centre for Language and Communication Research (ENCAP) at Cardiff University. Her research focus is the linguistic experiences of vulnerable people (children, rape victims and people with a disability) within the legal and/or educational setting. Her data are typically analysed within a Cognitive Linguistics framework.

Summary

This collection explores the relationships between theory and evidences in functional linguistics, bringing together perspectives from both established and emerging scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Elissa Aldridge Asp
• Assisted by: Michelle Aldridge (Editor), Aldridge Michelle (Editor), Elissa Asp (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2022
• EAN: 9780367143503
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14350-3
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Advances in Functional Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Literature: history & criticism, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literature: history and criticism, Historical and comparative linguistics