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From Attention to Meaning

Explorations in Semiotics, Linguistics, and Rhetoric

Todd Oakley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2009
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-03911-442-9 (ISBN)

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Of all the tasks you perform, perhaps none is more consequential for the performance of other tasks than paying attention. When you attend, you perceive. When you attend and perceive, you remember. When you attend, perceive, and remember, you learn. When you learn, you have the option of acting deliberately. Perceiving, thinking, learning, deciding, and acting require the constant adjustment of the attention system. The author proposes a model of the greater attention system as comprising three distinct but interdependent sub-systems: the signal system, the selection system, and the interpersonal system, with eight elements distributed among them: altering, orienting, detecting, sustaining, controlling, sharing, harmonizing, and directing. The chapters in this book develop an «attentional» analysis of meaning under the unifying framework of mental spaces theory. In addition, each chapter explores the implications of an attention based approach to meaning for research in semiotics, linguistics, and rhetoric. Data for the investigation originate from the author's own field work carried out in cultural institutions.

The Author: Todd Oakley is Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Co-Director of the Center for Cognition and Culture at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Contents: Attention and Cognitive Science - Attention and Semiotics - Attention and Linguistics - Attention and Rhetoric.

«Rhetorical theorists interested in understanding what rhetoric can accomplish by way of asking, what makes rhetoric possible, will find this a satisfying and compelling read.» (David Kauffer, Carnegie Mellon University)
«Todd Oakley's Book is a most innovative, radical and deeply inspiring contribution to what must be considered a cutting edge in Cognitive Linguistics: the role of attention in language and discourse. It is the first encompassing proposal for a general theory of attention in relation to meaning construction in discourse and a claim for a 'Cognitive Rhetoric'. As such the book is a must for anybody interested in Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Semiotics.» (Cornelia Müller, European-University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.4.2009
Reihe/Serie	European Semiotics / Sémiotiques Européennes ; 8
Verlagsort	Lausanne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	420 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Aage • attention • Brandt • Cognitive Processes and Thinking • Discourse analysis • Explorations • from • Hardcover, Softcover / Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft • Linguistics • Meaning • oakley • rhetoric • Semiotics • Theory of Information and Communication • Theory of Language • todd
ISBN-10	3-03911-442-5 / 3039114425
ISBN-13	978-3-03911-442-9 / 9783039114429
Zustand	Neuware