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Title Language, text, and knowledge : mental models of expert communication / edited by Lita Lundquist, Robert J. Jarvella
Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 326 pages) : illustrations
Series Text, translation, computational processing ; 2
Text, translation, computational processing ; 2.
Contents Introduction; Lexical and dynamic topoi in semantic description: A theoretical and practical differentiation between words and terms; Does routine formulation change meaning? -- The impact of genre on word semantics in the legal domain; Noun phrases in specialized communication. The cognitive processing of the Danish s-genitive construction; Semantic roles in expert texts -- exemplified by the Patient role in judgments Åse Almlund; Knowledge, events, and anaphors in texts for specific purposes
On the structure of legal knowledge : The importance of knowing legal rules for understanding legal textsCommunicative situations as reflected in text structure. On legal text production and background knowledge; Transfer of knowledge in cross-cultural discourse; Argumentation and knowledge -- An empirical study on inference-making in expert and novice reasoning; Knowledge representation in the domain of economics; On judging quantities in text without expert knowledge; Risk portrayal and risk appreciation as a problem in language use; Appendix: The TV judgment; List of contributors
Summary Casting light on the interplay between language and domain-specific knowledge, this book brings together ideas and approaches from cognitive linguistics and psychology, explaining how language works
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects
Knowledge, Theory of.
Sublanguage.
Semantics.
epistemology.
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary.
REFERENCE -- Word Lists.
Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects
Knowledge, Theory of
Semantics
Sublanguage
Fachwissen
Kognition
Sprache
Textlinguistik
Kognitive Linguistik
Kommunikation
Mentale representatie.
Kennis.
Vaktaal.
Form Electronic book
Author Lundquist, Lita
Jarvella, R. J
LC no. 00035163
ISBN 9783110826005
3110826003