Language, cognition and identity
Subtitle: extensions of the endocentric/exocentric language typology
By: edited by Emanuela Cresti, Iørn Korzen
Contributors: Cresti, E. (Emanuela); Korzen, Iørn
Series: Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca -- 109; Biblioteca digitale. Linguistica -- 3
Publisher: Firenze University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Firenze
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9788864532202
Subjects: Typology (Linguistics); Congresses; Indo-European languages; Grammar; Classification
Description: "An endocentric language is a language whose verbs are lexically precise and concrete whereas its nouns are abstract and vague. An exocentric language has lexically precise and concrete nouns and abstract verbs. The Germanic languages prove to be endocentric and the Romance languages exocentric. The lexical differences entail differences at other levels as well, linguistic as well as extralinguistic. This multilingual volume contains a selection of papers presented at the two-day Italian-Danish linguistic seminar 'Lingua, cognizione e identità : estensioni della tipologia delle lingue endo- ed esocentriche' held at the Italian Department of the University of Florence on the 22nd and 23rd of September 2009. The papers challenge the endo-/exocentric approach at various levels (lexicon, grammar, language infrastructures, socio cultural reflections) with examples from the Romance languages (Italian and French) and the Germanic languages (English, German and Danish)"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.
Notes: Selected papers presented at a seminar held in Florence, Italy, Sept. 22-23, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English and Italian.