{"product_id":"meaning-discourse-and-society-hardback-9780521885652","title":"Meaning, Discourse and Society (Hardback) 9780521885652","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMeaning, Discourse and Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvestigates the construction of reality within discourse, considering how meaning is negotiated and knowledge created.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWolfgang Teubert (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521885652, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book is well-organized, inspiring and clear. It will be of great interest to those who view language as social interaction and are therefore concerned with the social contexts in which discourse is embedded.' Jing Chen, Discourse Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMeaning, Discourse and Society investigates the construction of reality within discourse. When people talk about things such as language, the mind, globalisation or weeds, they are less discussing the outside world than objects they have created collaboratively by talking about them. Wolfgang Teubert shows that meaning cannot be found in mental concepts or neural activity, as implied by the cognitive sciences. He argues instead that meaning is negotiated and knowledge is created by symbolic interaction, thus taking language as a social, rather than a mental, phenomenon. Discourses, Teubert contends, can be viewed as collective minds, enabling the members of discourse communities to make sense of themselves and of the world around them. By taking an active stance in constructing the reality they share, people thus can take part in moulding the world in accordance with their perceived needs.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Meaning, the Mind and the Brain: 1. The cognitive turn\u003cbr\u003e 2. The long history of mind linguistics\u003cbr\u003e 3. What do we know about mental concepts?\u003cbr\u003e 4. Morphing theoretical sémes into 'real' concepts\u003cbr\u003e 5. From mental representations to conceptual ontologies\u003cbr\u003e 6. What is meaning?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Where should we look for meaning?\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Discourse and Society: 8. Language as discourse\u003cbr\u003e 9. Society presupposes language, and language presupposes society\u003cbr\u003e 10. A closer look at oral societies\u003cbr\u003e 11. Differences between oral and literate societies\u003cbr\u003e 12. Empirical linguistics deals only with recorded language\u003cbr\u003e 13. Meaning, knowledge and the construction of reality\u003cbr\u003e 14. The language of the scientific experimental report\u003cbr\u003e 15. Diachronicity, intertextuality and hermeneutics\u003cbr\u003e 16. Meaning and the interpretation of a haiku\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Semantics, discourse analysis, etc\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Semantics,%20discourse%20analysis,%20etc%20%5BCFG%5D%22\"\u003eCFG\u003c\/a\u003e], Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265349308696,"sku":"9780521885652","price":96.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521885652i.jpg?v=1692021998","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/meaning-discourse-and-society-hardback-9780521885652","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}