TY  - BOOK
AU  - Angela Wang,Po-Ya
AU  - Baayen,Harald
AU  - Chen,Hsin-yen
AU  - Fon,Janice
AU  - Franco,Karlien
AU  - Geeraerts,Dirk
AU  - Hendrix,Peter
AU  - Hsieh,Shu-Kai
AU  - Imaizumi,Satoko
AU  - Lin,Chihkai
AU  - Lu,Chiarung
AU  - Ramscar,Michael
AU  - Su,I-wen
AU  - Sun,Ching Chu
AU  - Tat,Cheung Hin
AU  - Van Hoey,Thomas
AU  - Yang,Li-chiung
TI  - Dimensions of Diffusion and Diversity
T2  - Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] ,
SN  - 9783110608120
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Variation
KW  - Linguistic change
KW  - Kognitive Linguistik
KW  - Kontaktlinguistik
KW  - Variationslinguistik
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Cognitive Linguistics
KW  - Language Change
KW  - Language Variation
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I: Language variation from a linguistic perspective --; 1. Characteristics of lexical conventionalization in Chinese --; 2. Typological study on expressions of possibility and their related meanings in English, Chinese and Japanese – How modality and voice intersect --; 3. Rhythmic synchrony in conversation --; Part II: Language variation from a nonlinguistic perspective --; A Variation in speakers’ cognitive capability --; 1. Botany meets lexicology: The relationship between experiential salience and lexical diversity --; 2. The price of knowledge: A bilingual paired associate learning study --; 3. The use of cognitive state verbs in narratives of school-age Cantonese-speaking children with and without language impairment --; B. Variation in the general context --; 1. Lexical variation of ideophones in Chinese classics: Their implications in embodiment and migration --; 2. A case study of accent shift in the Ryukyuan languages --; 3. Textual patterns of modern western paintings: A cognitive multimodal exploration --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Variation is the norm in language. It is the universal trait that has never been embarrassed by counterexamples. As language is a joint product of human cognition and human society, the dimensions underlying language variation could potentially reveal the complexity of the human mind and defines us of what we are as cognitive and social beings, be it Austrians speaking German, or Nepalis speaking Dumi. This volume includes eight papers highlighting three dimensions underlying language variation. The linguistic dimension explores how language changes across the physical time span and across linguistic breadth. The cognitive dimension examines how the human mind handles experiential frequency and life experiences, and how it copes with suboptimal processing faculties. Finally, the contextual dimension focuses on how language interacts with its ambiance, either in the form of geographical surroundings, or in the form of artistic styles. The uniqueness of this volume lies not only in its wide range of dimensions investigated, but also in its broad spectrum of languages covered. This enables us to form a fuller understanding of how language evolves and interacts with human cognition
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110610895
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110610895
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110610895/original
ER  -