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Language, Society and Consciousness
Hasan, Ruqaiya. Ed(S): Webster, Jonathan
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Description for Language, Society and Consciousness
Hardback. The chapters of this volume explore the intimate relations of society, language and mind: the development of each of these depends on the contribution of the other two. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 671.
The chapters of this volume explore the intimate relations of society, language and mind: the development of each of these depends on the contribution of the other two. In this sense they are co-genetic: mind has recently been described by the famous neuro-scientist, Susan Greenfield, as 'personalized brain.' The development of human mind depends on what it experiences; for human beings, experience goes beyond sensation: it is made of meaning, and interpretation/meaning, in turn, is construed by the various semiotic modalities, of which language is perhaps the most flexible and most pervasive. But language has itself evolved in the course ... Read more
The chapters of this volume explore the intimate relations of society, language and mind: the development of each of these depends on the contribution of the other two. In this sense they are co-genetic: mind has recently been described by the famous neuro-scientist, Susan Greenfield, as 'personalized brain.' The development of human mind depends on what it experiences; for human beings, experience goes beyond sensation: it is made of meaning, and interpretation/meaning, in turn, is construed by the various semiotic modalities, of which language is perhaps the most flexible and most pervasive. But language has itself evolved in the course ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904768333
SKU
V9781904768333
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About Hasan, Ruqaiya. Ed(S): Webster, Jonathan
Ruqaiya Hasan has taught and held visiting positions at various universities in England, America and Australia. Her last appointment was at Macquarie University, Australia, from where she retired as Emeritus Professor in 1994. Throughout her career she has researched and published widely in the areas of stylistics, culture, context and text, lexicogrammar and semantic variation. The latter involved the devising ... Read more
Reviews for Language, Society and Consciousness
'Ruqaiya Hasan's Language, Society and Consciousness is a powerful demonstration of the need for a unified framework, bringing together linguistics, sociology, and biology for understanding the social semiotic nature of minded beings. This volume provides subtle and revealing readings from a galaxy of other leading thinkers at the same time that she poses questions and provide answers that will impact ... Read more