Metafizyka poznania lingwistycznego
Metaphysics of linguistic cognition

Author(s): Grzegorz Pawłowski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: rational soul; cognitive powers of the soul; intellect (mind); thinking; cognition; cognitive act; real basis of communication; linguistic methodology; knowledge; intuition; notion; lexeme; function; specialized function; interdisciplinarity
Summary/Abstract: What is linguistic cognition and how does it relate to metaphysics? All the threads of this book revolve around this question. One of these themes is crucial: the rational soul and its cognitive powers. Another but no less important theme is the diagnosis of what linguists call (the sense of) communication. In this understanding, communication is viewed predominantly in relation to abstract concepts.

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