Language and conceptualization
By: edited by Jan Nuyts and Eric Pederson.
Contributors: Nuyts, Jan.; Pederson, Eric.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Series: Language, culture, and cognition ;; 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Psycholinguistics.; Concepts.; Cognition.
Description: To what extent is conceptualization based on linguistic representation? And to what extent is it variable across cultures, communities or even individuals? Of crucial importance in the attempt to develop a comprehensive theory of human cognition, these remain amongst the most difficult of questions in the cognitive sciences.

This volume brings together ten new contributions from leading scholars working in a wide cross-section of disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, psychology and philosophy, with an introduction by the editors which surveys current work in the field. It is one of the first attempts to tackle explicitly the issue of the relationship between linguistic and conceptual representation from a truly interdisciplinary perspective.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.