| A Cognitive Theory of Style Contributor(s): Nagy, Gabor Tolcsvai (Author), Tolcsvai Nagy, Gabor (Author), Kertesz, Andras (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820453617 ISBN-13: 9780820453613 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| Dewey: 401.41 |
| LCCN: 2005044524 |
| Series: Metalinguistica |
| Physical Information: 162 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Style is an important component of communication: it is the how in communicating the what, demonstrating the ontological unity of the two in language variability that provides the ground for the functioning of what-how and what-for. This volume approaches style within the framework of cognitive linguistics, a usage-based functional model, which interprets language as being conceptual, whereas conceptual knowledge is interpreted as experiential. Consequently, style is considered not as a set of predetermined ornaments on texts, but as a system of context-sensitive probability schemes of formation contributing to the meaning of discourse. Style is the outcome of linguistic potential, constrained by socio-cultural factors, functioning in the on-line and consolidated stylistic structure of discourse. |