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Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse
. Ed(S): Benson, James D.; Greaves, William S.
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Paperback. Asks the question 'what do interactions between apes and humans mediated by language tell us?'. In order to answer this question this book explores language-in-context, drawing on a multi-leveled, multi-functional linguistics. It articulates a methodology incorporating public domain software for the comprehensive analysis of ape-human interaction. Editor(s): Benson, James D.; Greaves, William S. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 35 figures. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
"Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse" asks the question 'what do interactions between apes and humans mediated by language tell us?'. In order to answer this question the authors explore language-in-context, drawing on a multi-leveled, multi-functional linguistics. The levels are context of culture, context of situation, semantics, lexicogrammar, and phonology; and the functions are ideational, interpersonal, and textual. Chapter 1 discusses a negotiation between the bonobo Kanzi and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh in terms of discourse-semantics, lexicogrammar, and the ideational and interpersonal metafunctions of language. Chapter 2 reinterprets Sue Savage-Rumbaugh et. al. "Language Comprehension in Ape and Child" (1993) in terms of the ... Read more
"Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse" asks the question 'what do interactions between apes and humans mediated by language tell us?'. In order to answer this question the authors explore language-in-context, drawing on a multi-leveled, multi-functional linguistics. The levels are context of culture, context of situation, semantics, lexicogrammar, and phonology; and the functions are ideational, interpersonal, and textual. Chapter 1 discusses a negotiation between the bonobo Kanzi and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh in terms of discourse-semantics, lexicogrammar, and the ideational and interpersonal metafunctions of language. Chapter 2 reinterprets Sue Savage-Rumbaugh et. al. "Language Comprehension in Ape and Child" (1993) in terms of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Functional Linguistics
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845536534
SKU
V9781845536534
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About . Ed(S): Benson, James D.; Greaves, William S.
James D. Benson is Associate Professor of English at Glendon College, York University, in Toronto. He is co-author (with William S. Greaves) of The Language People Really Use, You and Your Language. William S. Greaves is Emeritus Associate Professor in the English Department at Glendon College, York University, Toronto, which he joined in 1967. His co-authored book ... Read more
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