Language and social cognition : expression of the social mind /

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Imprint:	Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 476 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 206 Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 206.
Subject:	Language and culture. Sociolinguistics. Social perception. Language and culture. Social perception. Sociolinguistics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205924

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Other authors / contributors:	Pishwa, Hanna.
ISBN:	9783110216080 3110216086 1282296566 9781282296565 9783110205862 3110205866 9786612296567 6612296569
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	In a collection of 16 papers, eminent scholars from several disciplines present diverse and yet cohering perspectives on the expression of social knowledge, its acquisition and management. Hence, the volume is an attempt to view the social functions of language in a novel, systematic way. Such an approach has been missing due to the complexity of the matter and the emphasis on purely cognitive properties of language. The volume starts with a presentation of overarching issues of the social nature of humans and their language, providing strong evidence for the social fundaments of human nature a.
Other form:	Print version: Language and social cognition. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009 9783110205862
Standard no.:	10.1515/9783110216080

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