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Using language and thought to fix events in time is one of the most complex computational feats that humans perform. In the first book-length taxonomy of temporal frames of reference, Vyvyan Evans provides an overview of the role of space in structuring human representations of time. Challenging the assumption that time is straightforwardly structured in terms of space, he shows that while space is important for temporal representation, time is nevertheless separate and distinguishable from it. Evans argues for three distinct temporal frames of reference in language and cognition and evaluates the nature of temporal reference from a cross-linguistic perspective. His central thesis is that the hallmark of temporal reference is transience, a property unique to the domain of time. This important study has implications not only for the relationship between space and time, but also for that between language and figurative thought, and the nature of linguistically-mediated meaning construction.

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"Language is central to our lives, the cultural tool that arguably sets us apart from other species. Some scientists have argued that language is innate, a type of unique human 'instinct' pre-programmed in us from birth. In this book, Vyvyan Evans argues that this received wisdom is, in fact, a myth. Debunking the notion of a language 'instinct', Evans demonstrates that language is related to other animal forms of communication; that languages exhibit staggering diversity; that we learn our mother tongue drawing on general properties and abilities of the human mind, rather than an inborn 'universal' grammar; and that, ultimately, language and the mind reflect and draw upon the way we interact with others in the world. Compellingly written and drawing on cutting-edge research, The Language Myth sets out a forceful alternative to the received wisdom, showing how language and the mind really work"--

Linguistic universals --- Cognitive grammar --- Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics) --- Language and languages --- Psycholinguistics --- Philosophy --- Linguistic universals. --- Cognitive grammar. --- Innateness hypothesis (linguistics). --- Psycholinguistics. --- Language arts & disciplines --- Philosophy. --- Linguistics --- General. --- Philosophy of language --- Taalverwerving --- Communicatie --- Intelligentie --- Taal --- Taalwetenschap --- Linguïstische intelligentie --- Sociolinguïstiek --- #KVHB:Psycholinguistiek --- #KVHB:Linguistiek --- Linguïstiek --- Meervoudige intelligentie --- Therapie --- Kleuter --- Geschiedenis --- Spraaktechnologie --- Language and languages - Philosophy --- Language, Psychology of --- Psychology of language --- Speech --- Psychology --- Thought and thinking --- Language bioprogram hypothesis (Linguistics) --- Cognitive linguistics --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Universals (Linguistics) --- Typology (Linguistics) --- Psychological aspects --- Universals

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From 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.

Semantics --- Cognitive grammar --- Psycholinguistics --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Language, Psychology of --- Language and languages --- Psychology of language --- Speech --- Linguistics --- Psychology --- Thought and thinking --- Cognitive linguistics --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Psychological aspects --- Semantics. --- Cognitive grammar. --- Psycholinguistics.