Polysemy, Diachrony, and the Circle of Cognition

Author:   Michael Fortescue
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   28
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9789004449510


Pages:   234
Publication Date:   28 January 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Michael Fortescue
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   28
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9789004449510


ISBN 10:   9004449515
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   28 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Thinking in General 3 Understanding 4 Knowing 5 Believing 6 Remembering 7 Thinking about 8 Judging (Considering) 9 Calculating 10 Deciding 11 Guessing 12 Intending 13 Imagining 14 Expecting 15 Wishing 16 Emotional Feelings 17 Surprise 18 Experiencing (Feeling) 19 Perceiving (Noticing) 20 Recognizing 21 Full Circle 22 What a Surprise! A Closer Look at a Cinderella Category 23 The Cross-Linguistic Expression of Categories of Emotion 24 Seeming: An Odd One Out? 25 Guess: How a Single Category Can Involve All Others 26 Conclusions Sources for Languages Cited Appendix 1: A Sentimental Circle Appendix 2: Raw Lexical Data References Index

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Michael Fortescue, Ph.D. Edinburgh University (1978), is professor emeritus in Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. He published widely in Arctic languages, including West Greenlandic (Croom Helm, 1984) and (co-authored) The Comparative Eskimo Dictionary(Alaska Native Language Center, 2010). And within cognitive studies: The Abstraction Engine (Benjamins 2017).

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