From Attention to Meaning | Explorations in Semiotics, Linguistics, and Rhetoric

Todd Oakley

ISBN 10: 3039114425 / ISBN 13: 9783039114429

Published by Peter Lang, 2009

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From Attention to Meaning | Explorations in Semiotics, Linguistics, and Rhetoric | Todd Oakley | Taschenbuch | 270 S. | Englisch | 2009 | Peter Lang | EAN 9783039114429 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Attention to Meaning | Explorations in Semiotics, Linguistics, and Rhetoric
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3039114425
• ISBN 13: 9783039114429
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 160H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 428 grams
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.