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In this pathfinding book, Gary B. Palmer restores imagery to a central place in studies of language and culture by bringing together the insights of cognitive linguistics and anthropology to form a new theory of cultural linguistics.

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Imagery, broadly defined as all that people may construe in cognitive models pertaining to vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell, and feeling states, precedes and shapes human language. In this pathfinding book, Gary B. Palmer restores imagery to a central place in studies of language and culture by bringing together the insights of cognitive linguistics and anthropology to form a new theory of cultural linguistics.Palmer begins by showing how cognitive grammar complements the traditional anthropological approaches of Boasian linguistics, ethnosemantics, and the ethnography of speaking. He then applies his cultural theory to a wealth of case studies, including Bedouin lamentations, spatial organization in Coeur d'Alene place names and anatomical terms, Kuna narrative sequence, honorifics in Japanese sales language, the domain of ancestral spirits in Proto-Bantu noun-classifiers, Chinese counterfactuals, the non-arbitrariness of Spanish verb forms, and perspective schemas in English discourse.This pioneering approach suggests innovative solutions to old problems in anthropology and new directions for research. It will be important reading for everyone interested in anthropology, linguistics, cognitive science, and philosophy.

Author Biography

Gary B. Palmer is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsPart One. Goals and Concepts 1. Introduction2. Three Traditions in Linguistic Anthropology3. The Emergence of Cognitive Linguistics4. The Synthesis of Cultural Linguistics5. ConceptsPart Two. Interpretations and Applications 6. Connecting Languages to World Views7. Discourse and Narrative8. Metaphor and Metonymy9. Constructing and Deconstructing Word and Sentence Grammar10. Cultural Phonology11. Where We AreNotesReferences CitedIndex

Review

"This will certainly be one of the most important books ever published in linguistics... It has a grand new vision of how linguistics and anthropology should be reconstituted." --Elizabeth A. Brandt, Professor of Anthropology, Arizona State University

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"This will certainly be one of the most important books ever published in linguistics... It has a grand new vision of how linguistics and anthropology should be reconstituted." -- Elizabeth A. Brandt, Professor of Anthropology, Arizona State University

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Imagery, broadly defined as all that people may construe in cognitive models pertaining to vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell, and feeling states, precedes and shapes human language. In this pathfinding book, Gary B. Palmer restores imagery to a central place in studies of language and culture by bringing together the insights of cognitive linguistics and anthropology to form a new theory of cultural linguistics. Palmer begins by showing how cognitive grammar complements the traditional anthropological approaches of Boasian linguistics, ethnosemantics, and the ethnography of speaking. He then applies his cultural theory to a wealth of case studies, including Bedouin lamentations, spatial organization in Coeur d'Alene place names and anatomical terms, Kuna narrative sequence, honorifics in Japanese sales language, the domain of ancestral spirits in Proto-Bantu noun-classifiers, Chinese counterfactuals, the non-arbitrariness of Spanish verb forms, and perspective schemas in English discourse. This pioneering approach suggests innovative solutions to old problems in anthropology and new directions for research. It will be important reading for everyone interested in anthropology, linguistics, cognitive science, and philosophy.

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"This will certainly be one of the most important books ever published in linguistics.... It has a grand new vision of how linguistics and anthropology should be reconstituted." --Elizabeth A. Brandt, Professor of Anthropology, Arizona State University

Details ISBN029276569X Author Gary B. Palmer Publisher University of Texas Press ISBN-10 029276569X ISBN-13 9780292765696 Format Paperback Imprint University of Texas Press Place of Publication Austin, TX Country of Publication United States DEWEY 410 Short Title TOWARD A THEORY OF CULTURAL LI Language English Media Book Birth 1942 Illustrations 59 line drawings, 11 tables Pages 360 DOI 10.1604/9780292765696 Year 1996 Publication Date 1996-08-01 AU Release Date 1996-08-01 NZ Release Date 1996-08-01 US Release Date 1996-08-01 UK Release Date 1996-08-01 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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