{"product_id":"thought-based-linguistics-how-languages-turn-thoughts-into-sounds-hardback-9781108421172","title":"Thought-based Linguistics; How Languages Turn Thoughts into Sounds (Hardback) 9781108421171","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThought-based Linguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Languages Turn Thoughts into Sounds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArgues for the central role of thoughts in the design of language.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWallace Chafe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108421171, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e202 pages, 72 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe extent to which language is inseparable from thought has long been a major subject of debate across linguistics, psychology, philosophy and other disciplines. In this study, Wallace Chafe presents a thought-based theory of language that goes beyond traditional views that semantics, syntax, and sounds are sufficient to account for language design. Language begins with thoughts in the mind of a speaker and ends by affecting thoughts in the mind of a listener. This obvious observation is seldom incorporated in descriptions of language design for two major reasons. First, the role of thought is usually usurped by semantics. But semantic structures are imposed on thought by languages and differ from one language to another. Second, thought does not lend itself to familiar methods of linguistic analysis. Chafe suggests ways of describing thoughts, traces the path languages follow from thoughts to sounds, and explores ways in which thoughts are oriented in time, memory, imagination, reality, and emotions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Background\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ground rules\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Thoughts and their Properties: 3. The priority of thoughts\u003cbr\u003e 4. The path from a thought to a sound\u003cbr\u003e 5. How thoughts are structured\u003cbr\u003e 6. How thoughts are experienced\u003cbr\u003e 7. How thoughts are shared\u003cbr\u003e 8. How thoughts flow through time\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Verbalization Illustrated: 9. From a thought to a sound in English\u003cbr\u003e 10. From a thought to a sound in a polysynthetic language\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Related Issues: 11. The translation paradox\u003cbr\u003e 12. Repeated verbalizations of the same thought\u003cbr\u003e 13. Rethinking Whorf\u003cbr\u003e 14. Lessons from literature\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Common Ways of Orienting Thoughts: 15. Small numbers and subitizing\u003cbr\u003e 16. Thoughts and gender\u003cbr\u003e 17. Time, tense, memory, and imagination\u003cbr\u003e 18. Relating ideas to reality\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The Emotional Component of Thoughts: 19. Emotional involvement in a conversation\u003cbr\u003e 20. The feeling of nonseriousness\u003cbr\u003e 21. How language can be beautiful\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of mind [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of mind\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20mind%20%5BHPM%5D%22\"\u003eHPM\u003c\/a\u003e], 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], Psycholinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psycholinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psycholinguistics%20%5BCFD%5D%22\"\u003eCFD\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of language [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of language\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20language%20%5BCFA%5D%22\"\u003eCFA\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":46266355089688,"sku":"9781108421171","price":91.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108421171i_c52b371f-0775-49b6-80ac-0b3fb7ea0e21.jpg?v=1696694837","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/thought-based-linguistics-how-languages-turn-thoughts-into-sounds-hardback-9781108421172","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}