Proverb in Mind

<p>SEE SHORT BLURB FOR ALTERNATE COPY... A complex intriguing and important verbal entity the proverb has been the subject of a vast number of opinions studies and analyses. To accommodate the assorted possible audiences this volume outlines seven views of the proverb -- personal formal religious literary practical cultural and cognitive. Because the author's goal is to provide a scientific understanding of proverb comprehension and production he draws largely on scholarship stemming from the formal cultural and cognitive views.<br><br> The only book about proverbs that is written from the standpoint of cognitive science cognitive psychology and experimentalism this text provides a larger more interdisciplinary perspective on the proverb. It also gives a theoretically more integrated approach to proverb cognition. The conceptual base theory of proverb comprehension is extended via the cognitive ideals hypothesis so that the theory now addresses issues regarding the creation production and pragmatics of proverbs. This hypothesis also has strong implications for a taxonomy of proverbs proverb comprehension universal vs. culture-specific aspects of proverbs and some structural aspects of proverbs.<br><br> In general the book extends the challenge of proverb cognition by using much of what cognitive science has to offer. In so doing the proverb is compared to other forms of figurative language which is then discussed within the larger rubric of intelligence and the inclination for using indirect modes of communication. Child developmental and brain substrates are also discussed.</p>