Deeper than Reason takes the insights of modern psychological and neuroscientific research on the emotions and brings them to bear on questions about our emotional involvement with the arts. Robinson begins by laying out a theory of emotion, one that is supported by the best evidence from current empirical work on emotions, and then in the light of this theory examines some of the ways in which the emotions function in the arts.
This book is a companion to Rethinking grammaticalization: New perspectives, also edited by María José López-Couso and Elena Seoane (TSL 76). The two volumes together offer a representative sample of the papers presented at the New Reflections onGrammaticalization 3 conference, held in Santiago de Compostela in 2005, and investigate the most relevant topics pertaining to rammaticalization studies today. The title of the present volume, Theoretical and empirical issues in grammaticalization, highlights the broad-ranging nature of the contributions it comprises and the fact that they all combine theoretical, empirical and/or methodological questions.
The book discusses vocabulary learning strategies as an integral subgroup of language learning strategies. It defines language learning strategies in general and their features on the basis of cognitive theory and relevant models of second language acquisition as the basis for empirical research. Furthermore, the book gives a survey of research on vocabulary learning strategies and describes three original empirical studies. Thus, the book attempts at integrating the approaches of theories of second language acquisition, the theory and practice of instructed foreign language learning, and the findings of current empirical research.
Methods in Cognitive Linguistics is an introduction to empirical
methodology for language researchers. Intended as a handbook to
exploring the empirical dimension of the theoretical questions raised
by Cognitive Linguistics, the volume presents guidelines for employing
methods from a variety of intersecting disciplines, laying out
different ways of gathering empirical evidence. The book is divided
into five sections. Methods and Motivations provides the reader with
the preliminary background in scientific methodology and statistics.
The sections on Corpus and Discourse Analysis, and Sign Language and
Gesture describe different ways of investigating usage data. Behavioral
Research describes methods for exploring mental representation,
simulation semantics, child language development, and the relationships
between space and language, and eye movements and cognition. Lastly,
Neural Approaches introduces the reader to ERP research and to the
computational modeling of language.
The Blackwell Companion to Syntax- Vol I to V
This monumental reference resource offers a comprehensive survey of the field of syntax as it has been studied over the last forty years or so. Made up of 77 extensive case studies written by 80 of the world's leading linguists, it gives a complete overview of the empirical facts and theoretical insights gleaned in syntactic research in recent decades.
