Overview

The papers of this volume investigate how grammar codes the subjective viewpoint of human language users, that is, how grammar reflects human conceptualization. Some of the articles deal with spatial relations and locations. They discuss how basic attributes of human conceptualization are encoded in the grammatical expression of spatial relations. Other articles concern embodiment in language, showing how conceptualization is mediated by one’s embodied experience of the world and ourselves. Finally, some of the articles discuss coding of person focusing on the subjec­tivity of conceptualization and how it is reflected in grammar. The articles show that conceptualization reflects the speaker’s construal of the situation, and furthermore, that it is intersubjective because it reflects the speaker’s understanding of the relations between the speech act participants. The papers deal with Finnish, utilizing the rich resources of Finnish grammar to contribute to issues in contemporary linguistics and in particular to Cognitive Grammar.

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Author:   Marja-Liisa Helasvuo (University of Turku) ,  Lyle Campbell (University of Utah)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   277
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9789027247926

ISBN 10:   9027247927
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   19 October 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Abbreviations & transcription symbols; 2. Acknowledgements; 3. Introduction: Grammar from the human perspective (by Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa); 4. An introduction to Finnish spatial relations: Local cases and adpositions (by Huumo, Tuomas); 5. Part I: Space and location; 6. Spatial axes in language and conceptualisation: The case of bidirectional constructions (by Ojutkangas, Krista); 7. I woke up from the sofa : Subjective directionality in Finnish expressions of a spatio-cognitive transfer (by Huumo, Tuomas); 8. Metonymy in locatives of state (by Onikki-Rantajaasko, Tiina); 9. Part II: The human perspective; 10. Body part names and grammaticalization (by Suutari, Toni); 11. On distinguishing between 'recipient' and 'beneficiary' in Finnish (by Kittila, Seppo); 12. Oblique mentions of human referents in Finnish conversation: The effects of prominence in discourse and grammar (by Laury, Ritva); 13. Part III: Person; 14. Person in Finnish: Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations in interaction (by Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa); 15. Zero person in Finnish: A grammatical resource for construing human reference (by Laitinen, Lea); 16. Passive - personal or impersonal?: A Finnish perspective (by Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa); 17. References; 18. Index of terms

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