Vantage Theory : a View on Language, Cognition and Categorization.

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Author / Creator:Glaz, Adam.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Description:1 online resource (452 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11208367
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Other authors / contributors:Moist, Marnie L.
Tribushinina, Elena.
ISBN:9781443852586
1443852589
1443849618
9781443849616
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:The book is concerned with Vantage Theory (VT), a model of categorization proposed by the American linguist, anthropologist, and cognitive scientist, Robert E. MacLaury (1944-2004). It consists of three of his previously unpublished studies and five chapters by other authors. Vantage Theory views categorization as a process of vantage (point of view) construction by analogy to the way humans orient themselves in space-time. Originating in the domain of color, the theory was extended to cover ...
Other form:Print version: Glaz, Adam. Vantage Theory : A View on Language, Cognition and Categorization. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2013 9781443849616