259 Pages
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Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
259 Pages
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Routledge
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Linguistic theory since the Cognitive Revolution has fol- lowed one of the premises of that revolution by largely sidelining the issue of emotions and concentrating on those aspects of language that are more strictly cognitive. However, during the last ten years research in cognitive science, especially in neuropsychology, has begun to fill in the gaps left by the exclusion of emotions from... Read more
Preface, Introduction, 1. Two Theories of the Emergence of Language, 2. Affect, Emotions, and Feeling, 3. Embodied Language, 4. Language, Catharsis, and Action, 5. Symbol, Syntax, and Meaning, 6. Apprehending Through Gesture, 7. On the Emotional Origins of Language, 8. Metaphor, 9. Narrative and Myth, 10. Myth and Culture, 11. Language, Literature, and Culture, Conclusion: Language Embodied, Bibliography, Subject Index, Name Index
Biography
Daniel Shanahan
