Title: Language Comprehension and Man’s View of the World
Abstract:Olson's cognitive theory of semantics—Situational determinants of meaning—Comprehension as constructive process—Levels of comprehension—Influence of language on the speaker's view of the world—Categor...Olson's cognitive theory of semantics—Situational determinants of meaning—Comprehension as constructive process—Levels of comprehension—Influence of language on the speaker's view of the world—Categories as guides to attention—Linguistic determinism and linguistic relativity—Whorf—Studies of color coding—Language universals—General Semantics.Read More
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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