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Zusatztext Review in Slovo A Slovesnost, Vol 67, No. 3, August 2006 Informationen zum Autor Professor Jonathan J. Webster is Head of the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong. He is also the Managing Editor of the International Linguistics Association’s journal WORD , and the editor of the forthcoming Journal of World Languages (2014). Sydney Lamb is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Rice University in Texas. Klappentext Presents the selected writings of Professor Sydney M Lamb! including six works and several which have been re-worked for publication. This book includes papers offering insight into the man behind the pioneering approach to linguistics that might be summed up as linguistics to the beat of a different drummer. Zusammenfassung Presents the selected writings of Professor Sydney M Lamb, including six works and several which have been re-worked for publication. This book includes papers offering insight into the man behind the pioneering approach to linguistics that might be summed up as "linguistics to the beat of a different drummer." Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Road Less Traveled By 1. Linguistics to the Beat of a Different Drummer 2. On The Aims of Linguistics 3. Mary Haas: Lessons in and out of the Classroom 4. Translation and the Structure of Language Part II. The Structure of Language 5. Epilegomena to a Theory of Language 6. Lexicology and Semantics 7. Some Types of Ordering 8. Language as a Network of Relationships 9. Mutations and Relations 10. Descriptive Process 11. Using Language and Knowing How Part III. Neurocognitive Linguistics 12. Language as a Real Biological System 13. Neurocognitive Structure in the Interplay of Language and Thought 14. Interpreting Discourse 15. Learning Syntax: A Neurocognitive Approach 16. Dimensions of the Territory of Neurolinguistics 17. Questions of Evidence in Neurocognitive Linguistics 18. On the Perception of Speech Part IV. Language in the Real World 19. Linguistic Diversification and Extinction in North America 20. Language and Animals. 21. Long-Range Relationships 22. What is a Language? 23. Linguistics, Semiotics, and the Human Information System 24. Viewing Language Broadly 25. Re?examining the Family Tree Theory of Linguistic Classification 26. Objects of Study in Linguistics 27. Meaning in Language and Meaning in Music 28. Philosophical Differences and Cognitive Styles Glossary of Technical Terms...
