دانلود کتاب Constructions in Cognitive Contexts: Why Individuals Matter in Linguistic Relativity Research

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Acknowledgements\nContents\nList of figures\nList of tables\nAbbreviations\n1 Constructions in cognitive contexts\n 1.1 Introduction\n 1.2 Synopsis\n2 Setting the theoretical scene\n 2.1 Linguistic relativity versus (?) usage-based linguistics\n 2.1.1 Linguistic relativity\n 2.1.2 Usage-based cognitive linguistics\n 2.2 Linguistic construal, perceptual attention and the Degrees of Object-focusedness Scale\n 2.3 Construal types as analytical tools\n 2.3.1 Windowing of Attention\n 2.3.2 Weighting of Attention\n3 Construing spatial scenes in German and English\n 3.1 Spatial language and spatial referent scenes\n 3.1.1 Functions of spatial language\n 3.1.2 Modelling static spatial scenes for linguistic reference\n 3.2 Search Spaces and static spatial language in German and English\n 3.2.1 Search Spaces I: Topological spaces\n 3.2.2 Search Spaces II: Dimensional spaces\n 3.3 Spatial constructions and degrees of object-focusedness construal\n 3.3.1 Transitive non-nominal terms and constructions\n 3.3.2 Nominal terms and constructions\n 3.3.3 Intransitive non-nominal terms and constructions\n 3.3.4 Spatial constructions as [form-degrees of object-focusedness construal meaning]-associations: An overview and analytical tool\n4 Attention, ‘ception’ and language: Basic considerations\n 4.1 Construal and cognition\n 4.2 Attention and selection\n 4.3 Perception and cognition, or ‘ception’?\n 4.4 Embodied cognition and language\n 4.4.1 From specific experiences to perceptual symbols\n 4.4.2 Perceptual symbols, language and language-cognition relations\n5 Constructions as [form-construal meaning]-associations\n 5.1 Language as a dynamic network of associations\n 5.2 [Form-construal meaning]-associations: Their formation and establishment\n 5.2.1 Building [form-construal meaning]-associations\n 5.2.2 Entrenching [form-construal meaning]-associations\n 5.3 Two competing theories of construal meaning: Schematicity Theory and Differentiality Theory\n 5.4 Construal theory and linguistic relativity\n 5.4.1 Conventionalizing [form-construal meaning]-associations\n 5.4.2 Micro-conventionalization of construal meanings\n6 Spatial language, cognition and perception: Methods and hypotheses\n 6.1 Construal and language-perception/cognition relations: Methodological considerations\n 6.2 Linguistic and non-linguistic forms of interaction with spatial scenes: Hypotheses\n7 Experiment 1 – linguistic interaction with spatial scenes: Patterns of language- and speaker-specific variation\n 7.1 German and English spatial language in use I: Previous research\n 7.2 German and English spatial language in use II: A director-matcher language game experiment\n 7.2.1 Method and procedure\n 7.2.2 Data\n 7.2.3 Analytical dimensions and parameters\n 7.2.4 Analysis 1A: Spatial Construction Types (SCTs)\n 7.2.5 Analysis 1B: Object-focusedness Degree Values (ODVs) and frequency distributions of Intermediate Level and Specific Level SCTs\n 7.2.6 Summary and discussion\n8 Experiment 2 – linguistic and non-linguistic interaction with spatial scenes: The role of cognitive contexts\n 8.1 Methodological and theoretical inspirations from previous research\n 8.2 Hypotheses and general design features\n 8.3 Describing, viewing and remembering spatial scenes: A visual world eye-tracking experiment\n 8.3.1 Pre-test and participant recruitment\n 8.3.2 Main test: Method and procedure\n 8.3.3 Data, analytical categories and steps of analysis\n 8.3.4 Analysis 2A: Variable Speakers/contrast-inducing cognitive contexts\n 8.3.5 Analysis 2B: Consistent Speakers/preference-defined cognitive contexts\n 8.3.6 Summary and discussion (Analyses 2A and 2B)\n 8.4 Analysis 2C: Cognitive context as a determinant of processing strategies? Findings from a post hoc analysis\n 8.4.1 Analysis 2C-1: Patterns of visual attention allocation I (LO-RO Ratio Values)\n 8.4.2 Analysis 2C-2: Patterns of visual attention allocation II (LO-RO Abs Values)\n 8.5 Summary and discussion: Main and post hoc findings (Analyses 2A, 2B and 2C)\n9 Conclusion: Constructions, cognition, cognitive contexts and beyond\n 9.1 Summary of findings\n 9.2 Limitations and perspectives for future research\n 9.3 Final conclusions\nReferences\nAppendix\nAuthor index\nTopic index