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Other authors / contributors: | Yamaguchi, Masataka, 1968- editor.
Tay, Dennis, editor.
Blount, Ben G., 1940- editor.
University of Otago. Department of Languages and Cultures, organizer of meeting.
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ISBN: | 9781137274816 (hardback) 1137274816 (hardback)
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Notes: | "This book developed out of an international symposium titled "Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition: Towards an Integration of Language, Culture and Cognition" at the University of Otago, New Zealand, 21-22 January 2011." Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: | "The study of language, culture, and cognition has become increasingly fragmented into separate disciplines and paradigms. This volume aims to re-establish dialogue between cognitive linguists and linguistic anthropologists with 11 original papers on language, culture and cognition, and an editorial introduction. It demonstrates that cognitively-informed perspectives can contribute to a better understanding of social, cultural, and historical phenomena, and argues that cognitive theories are relevant to linguistic anthropology. "--
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