Author: Elliot Murphy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108836313
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Develops a theory of how language is processed in the brain and provides a state-of-the-art review of current neuroscientific debates.
The Oscillatory Nature of Language
Author: Elliot Murphy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108836313
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Develops a theory of how language is processed in the brain and provides a state-of-the-art review of current neuroscientific debates.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108836313
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Develops a theory of how language is processed in the brain and provides a state-of-the-art review of current neuroscientific debates.
The Oscillatory Nature of Language
Author: Elliot Murphy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108873375
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Drawing on cutting-edge ideas from the biological and cognitive sciences, this book presents both an innovative neuro-computational model of language comprehension and a state-of-the-art review of current topics in neurolinguistics. It explores a range of newly-emerging topics in the biological study of language, building them into a framework which views language as grounded in endogenous neural oscillatory behaviour. This allows the author to formulate a number of hypotheses concerning the relationship between neurobiology and linguistic computation. Murphy also provides an extensive overview of recent theoretical and experimental work on the neurobiological basis of language, from which the reader will emerge up-to-date on major themes and debates. This lively overview of contemporary issues in theoretical linguistics, combined with a clear theory of how language is processed, is essential reading for scholars and students across a range of disciplines.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108873375
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Drawing on cutting-edge ideas from the biological and cognitive sciences, this book presents both an innovative neuro-computational model of language comprehension and a state-of-the-art review of current topics in neurolinguistics. It explores a range of newly-emerging topics in the biological study of language, building them into a framework which views language as grounded in endogenous neural oscillatory behaviour. This allows the author to formulate a number of hypotheses concerning the relationship between neurobiology and linguistic computation. Murphy also provides an extensive overview of recent theoretical and experimental work on the neurobiological basis of language, from which the reader will emerge up-to-date on major themes and debates. This lively overview of contemporary issues in theoretical linguistics, combined with a clear theory of how language is processed, is essential reading for scholars and students across a range of disciplines.
Syntax with oscillators and energy levels
Author: Sam Tilsen
Publisher: Language Science Press
ISBN: 3961101574
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This book presents a new approach to studying the syntax of human language, one which emphasizes how we think about time. Tilsen argues that many current theories are unsatisfactory because those theories conceptualize syntactic patterns with spatially arranged structures of objects. These object-structures are atemporal and do not lend well to reasoning about time. The book develops an alternative conceptual model in which oscillatory systems of various types interact with each other through coupling forces, and in which the relative energies of those systems are organized in particular ways. Tilsen emphasizes that the two primary mechanisms of the approach – oscillators and energy levels – require alternative ways of thinking about time. Furthermore, his theory leads to a new way of thinking about grammaticality and the recursive nature of language. The theory is applied to a variety of syntactic phenomena: word order, phrase structure, morphosyntax, constituency, case systems, ellipsis, anaphora, and islands. The book also presents a general program for the study of language in which the construction of linguistic theories is itself an object of theoretical analysis.
Publisher: Language Science Press
ISBN: 3961101574
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This book presents a new approach to studying the syntax of human language, one which emphasizes how we think about time. Tilsen argues that many current theories are unsatisfactory because those theories conceptualize syntactic patterns with spatially arranged structures of objects. These object-structures are atemporal and do not lend well to reasoning about time. The book develops an alternative conceptual model in which oscillatory systems of various types interact with each other through coupling forces, and in which the relative energies of those systems are organized in particular ways. Tilsen emphasizes that the two primary mechanisms of the approach – oscillators and energy levels – require alternative ways of thinking about time. Furthermore, his theory leads to a new way of thinking about grammaticality and the recursive nature of language. The theory is applied to a variety of syntactic phenomena: word order, phrase structure, morphosyntax, constituency, case systems, ellipsis, anaphora, and islands. The book also presents a general program for the study of language in which the construction of linguistic theories is itself an object of theoretical analysis.
Gesture and the Nature of Language
Author: David F. Armstrong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521467728
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular the origins of syntax. The authors draw on evidence from areas such as primatology, anthropology, and linguistics to present a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action. Written in a clear and accessible style, Gesture and the Nature of Language will be indispensable reading for all those interested in the origins of language.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521467728
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular the origins of syntax. The authors draw on evidence from areas such as primatology, anthropology, and linguistics to present a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action. Written in a clear and accessible style, Gesture and the Nature of Language will be indispensable reading for all those interested in the origins of language.
The Study of Speech Processes
Author: Victor J. Boucher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107185033
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
By upending traditional perspectives, this book gives a biologically-grounded understanding of how spoken language conveys meaning.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107185033
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
By upending traditional perspectives, this book gives a biologically-grounded understanding of how spoken language conveys meaning.
Logic in Linguistics
Author: Jens Allwood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521291743
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The authors offer a clear, succinct and basic introduction to set theory and formal logic for linguists.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521291743
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The authors offer a clear, succinct and basic introduction to set theory and formal logic for linguists.
The Language of Word Meaning
Author: Pierrette Bouillon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521780483
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This collection of contributions addresses the problem of words and their meaning.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521780483
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This collection of contributions addresses the problem of words and their meaning.
Neurolinguistics and Linguistic Aphasiology
Author: David Caplan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521311953
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction to the emerging fields of neurolinguistics and linguistic aphasiology stresses concepts from the contributing disciplines of neurology, linguistics, psychology and speech.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521311953
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction to the emerging fields of neurolinguistics and linguistic aphasiology stresses concepts from the contributing disciplines of neurology, linguistics, psychology and speech.
The Nature of Language: A Short Guide to What's in Our Heads
Author: Bill VanPatten
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Cambridge Handbook of Psycholinguistics
Author: Michael Spivey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139536141
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1297
Book Description
Our ability to speak, write, understand speech and read is critical to our ability to function in today's society. As such, psycholinguistics, or the study of how humans learn and use language, is a central topic in cognitive science. This comprehensive handbook is a collection of chapters written not by practitioners in the field, who can summarize the work going on around them, but by trailblazers from a wide array of subfields, who have been shaping the field of psycholinguistics over the last decade. Some topics discussed include how children learn language, how average adults understand and produce language, how language is represented in the brain, how brain-damaged individuals perform in terms of their language abilities and computer-based models of language and meaning. This is required reading for advanced researchers, graduate students and upper-level undergraduates who are interested in the recent developments and the future of psycholinguistics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139536141
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 1297
Book Description
Our ability to speak, write, understand speech and read is critical to our ability to function in today's society. As such, psycholinguistics, or the study of how humans learn and use language, is a central topic in cognitive science. This comprehensive handbook is a collection of chapters written not by practitioners in the field, who can summarize the work going on around them, but by trailblazers from a wide array of subfields, who have been shaping the field of psycholinguistics over the last decade. Some topics discussed include how children learn language, how average adults understand and produce language, how language is represented in the brain, how brain-damaged individuals perform in terms of their language abilities and computer-based models of language and meaning. This is required reading for advanced researchers, graduate students and upper-level undergraduates who are interested in the recent developments and the future of psycholinguistics.