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Man and Message
Kathleen Callow
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Description for Man and Message
Hardback. Copublished with the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Man and Message provides a practical method of analyzing texts based on a cognitive, multilevel model of meaning presented in simple, non-technical language for a wide audience. Num Pages: 400 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
Copublished with the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Man and Message provides a practical method of analyzing texts based on a cognitive, multilevel model of meaning presented in simple, non-technical language for a wide audience. It begins with a demonstration of human communications as grounded in a cognitive and language-independent meaning base, and details the non-verbal nature of meaning, purpose, conceptualization, thematic patterns, and coherence-providing relations. Then the model is applied to a variety of English texts by dividing it into subunits and displaying their inter-relations at all levels. Each chapter provides pointers in analyses that can be applied to any ... Read more
Copublished with the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Man and Message provides a practical method of analyzing texts based on a cognitive, multilevel model of meaning presented in simple, non-technical language for a wide audience. It begins with a demonstration of human communications as grounded in a cognitive and language-independent meaning base, and details the non-verbal nature of meaning, purpose, conceptualization, thematic patterns, and coherence-providing relations. Then the model is applied to a variety of English texts by dividing it into subunits and displaying their inter-relations at all levels. Each chapter provides pointers in analyses that can be applied to any ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761811275
SKU
V9780761811275
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99-15
About Kathleen Callow
Kathleen Callow has written one other book and several articles on linguistics and discourse and is an International Translation Consultant with Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Reviews for Man and Message
As a guide to language for beginners this book is invaluable. . .it is an overdue corrective to all approaches focusing on language forms. . .the author debunks popular misconceptions and repeatedly stresses the limitations of otherwise illuminating ways of representing language at work. . .
Andrzej Pawelec, Jagiellonian University ...interesting approach to text analysis based on-emerging from actual ... Read more
Andrzej Pawelec, Jagiellonian University ...interesting approach to text analysis based on-emerging from actual ... Read more