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On Our Mind: Salience, Context, And Figurative Language
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In This Volume, Rachel Giora Explores How The Salient Meanings Of Wordsthe Meanings That Stand Out As Most Prominent And Accessible In Our Mindsshape How We Think And How We Speak. For Giora, Salient Meanings Display Interesting Effects In Both Figurative And Literal Language. In Both Domains, Speakers And Writers Creatively Exploit The Possibilities Inherent In The Fact That, While Words Have Multiple Meanings, Some Meanings Are More Accessible Than Others. Of The Various Meanings We Encode In Our Mental Lexicon For A Given Word Or Expression, We Ascribe Greater Cognitive Priority To Some Over Others. Interestingly, The Most Salient Meaning Is Not Always The Literal Meaning. Giora Argues That It Is Cognitively Prominent Salient Meanings, Rather Than Literal Meanings, That Play The Most Important Role In The Comprehension And Production Of Language. She Shows That Even Though Context Begins To Affect Comprehension Immediately, It Does So Without Obstructing The Early Accessing Of Salient Meanings. Thus, The Meaning We First Attend To Is The Salient Word Meaning, Regardless Of Contextual Bias. Knowledge Of Salient Meanings Turns Out To Play A Major Role, Perhaps The Most Important Role, In The Process Of Using And Understanding Of Language. Going Beyond The Familiar Effects Of Literal Meaning And Context, The Graded Salience Hypothesis Presents The Most Comprehensive Explanation For How We Use Language For Meaning. In This Volume, Giora Presents Her New Model For The First Time In A Booklength Treatment, With Original And Illuminating Perspectives That Will Be Of Interest To Linguists, Philosophers, Psychologists, And All Who Want To Know More About Just How We Understand What We Mean.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main focus of 'On Our Mind' by Rachel Giora? A: The book explores how salient meanings of words influence our thinking and speaking, emphasizing that salient meanings often play a more significant role in language comprehension than literal meanings.
- Q: Who is the author of 'On Our Mind'? A: The author is Rachel Giora, who presents her insights on the cognitive aspects of language use.
- Q: What is the Graded Salience Hypothesis mentioned in the book? A: The Graded Salience Hypothesis explains how different meanings of a word are prioritized in our minds, highlighting that context affects comprehension while salient meanings are accessed first.
- Q: What type of language does the book discuss? A: The book discusses both figurative and literal language, analyzing how salient meanings operate in both contexts.
- Q: How many pages does 'On Our Mind' have? A: The book has 272 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: The book is available in hardcover binding.
- Q: When was 'On Our Mind' published? A: The book was published on May 22, 2003.
- Q: Is 'On Our Mind' suitable for professionals in fields other than linguistics? A: Yes, the book is also relevant for philosophers, psychologists, and anyone interested in understanding language use and meaning.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: The book is available in its first edition.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: The book is in new condition.