{"product_id":"the-crucible-of-language-how-language-and-mind-create-meaning-paperback-9781107561038","title":"The Crucible of Language; How Language and Mind Create Meaning (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107561038","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Crucible of Language\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Language and Mind Create Meaning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn The Crucible of Language, Vyvyan Evans explains what we know, and what we do, when we communicate using language.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVyvyan Evans (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107561038, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e375 pages, 51 b\/w illus.  11 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.7 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'Evans has reclaimed language from the dry dissection of grammatical structure and returned it to the public as a topic to think deeply about.' Alun Anderson, New Scientist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the barbed, childish taunt on the school playground, to the eloquent sophistry of a lawyer prising open a legal loophole in a court of law, meaning arises each time we use language to communicate with one another. How we use language - to convey ideas, make requests, ask a favour, and express anger, love or dismay - is of the utmost importance; indeed, linguistic meaning can be a matter of life and death. In The Crucible of Language, Vyvyan Evans explains what we know, and what we do, when we communicate using language; he shows how linguistic meaning arises, where it comes from, and the way language enables us to convey the meanings that can move us to tears, bore us to death, or make us dizzy with delight. Meaning is, he argues, one of the final frontiers in the mapping of the human mind.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Ineffability of Meaning: 1. Introduction: unweaving a mystery\u003cbr\u003e 2. The alchemist, the crucible, and the ineffability of meaning\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Meaning in Mind: 3. Patterns in language, patterns in the mind\u003cbr\u003e 4. Time is our fruit fly\u003cbr\u003e 5. Concepts body forth\u003cbr\u003e 6. The concept-making engine (or how to build a baby)\u003cbr\u003e 7. The act of creation\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Meaning in Language: 8. Webs of words\u003cbr\u003e 9. Meaning in the mix\u003cbr\u003e 10. The cooperative species\u003cbr\u003e 11. The crucible of language\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: the golden triangle.\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], Language [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language%20%5BC%5D%22\"\u003eC\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":46002322833688,"sku":"9781107561038","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107561038i_f3a14da2-6766-4e45-8c09-e459bf923062.jpg?v=1696766238","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-crucible-of-language-how-language-and-mind-create-meaning-paperback-9781107561038","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}