Language from the body : iconicity and metaphor in American Sign Language /

What is the role of meaning in linguistic theory? Generative linguists have severely limited the influence of meaning, claiming that language is not affected by other cognitive processes and that semantics does not influence linguistic form. Conversely, cognitivist and functionalist linguists believ...

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Main Author: Taub, Sarah F., 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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