Grammar from the Human Perspective: Case, space and person in Finnish
Marja-Liisa Helasvuo · Lyle Campbell
Oct 2006 · Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Book 277 · John Benjamins Publishing
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The papers of this volume investigate how grammar codes the subjective viewpoint of human language users, that is, how grammar reflects human conceptualization. Some of the articles deal with spatial relations and locations. They discuss how basic attributes of human conceptualization are encoded in the grammatical expression of spatial relations. Other articles concern embodiment in language, showing how conceptualization is mediated by ones embodied experience of the world and ourselves. Finally, some of the articles discuss coding of person focusing on the subjectivity of conceptualization and how it is reflected in grammar.
The articles show that conceptualization reflects the speakers construal of the situation, and furthermore, that it is intersubjective because it reflects the speakers understanding of the relations between the speech act participants. The papers deal with Finnish, utilizing the rich resources of Finnish grammar to contribute to issues in contemporary linguistics and in particular to Cognitive Grammar.
The articles show that conceptualization reflects the speakers construal of the situation, and furthermore, that it is intersubjective because it reflects the speakers understanding of the relations between the speech act participants. The papers deal with Finnish, utilizing the rich resources of Finnish grammar to contribute to issues in contemporary linguistics and in particular to Cognitive Grammar.
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