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Functional Features in Language and Space

Author : Laura Carlson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191514705
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Functional Features in Language and Space written by Laura Carlson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-12-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notions of 'function', 'feature' and 'functional feature' are associated with relatively new developments and insights in several areas of cognition. This book brings together different definitions, insights and research related to defining these notions from such diverse areas as language, perception, categorization and development. Each of the contributors in this book explicitly defines the notion of 'function', 'feature' or 'functional feature' within their own theoretical framework, presents research in which such a notion plays a pivotal role, and discusses the contribution of functional features in relation to their insights in a particular area of cognition. As such, this book not only presents new developments devoted to defining 'function', 'feature' and 'functional feature' in several sub-disciplines of cognitive science, but also offers a focused account of how these notions operate within the cognitive interface linking language and spatial representation. All book chapters are accessible for the interested novice, and offer the specialized researcher new empirical and theoretical insights into defining function, both with respect to the language and space interface and across cognition. The introduction to the book presents the reader with the main issues and viewpoints that are discussed in more detail in each of the book chapters.

Functional Features in Language and Space

Author : Laura Carlson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199264325
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Functional Features in Language and Space written by Laura Carlson and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2005 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notions of 'function', 'feature' and 'functional feature' are associated with relatively new developments and insights in several areas of cognition. This book brings together definitions, insights and research related to defining these notions from diverse areas, including language and perception.

Motion Encoding in Language and Space

Author : Mila Vulchanova
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199661219
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Book Synopsis Motion Encoding in Language and Space by : Mila Vulchanova

Download or read book Motion Encoding in Language and Space written by Mila Vulchanova and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together researchers in linguistics, computer science, psychology and cognitive science to investigate how motion is encoded in language. Part I considers the parameters of the field, while part II looks at the way in which spatial scale or granularity plays a role in the encoding of motion in language.

Spatial Language and Dialogue

Author : Kenny R. Coventry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019955420X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Book Synopsis Spatial Language and Dialogue by : Kenny R. Coventry

Download or read book Spatial Language and Dialogue written by Kenny R. Coventry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how people talk about the location of objects and places. The book reports on the latest developments in the field of spatial language and sets an agenda for future research on spatial conceptualization and communication in cognitive science, computer science, psychology, and linguistics.

Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience

Author : Yann Coello
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1136214178
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Book Synopsis Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience by : Yann Coello

Download or read book Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience written by Yann Coello and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2012-12-07 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language processing. Divided into six sections, the edited volume presents arguments from evolutionist, developmental, behavioural and neurobiological perspectives, all of which point to a strong relationship between action and language. It provides a scientific basis for a new theoretical approach to language evolution, acquisition and use in humans, whilst at the same time assessing current debates on motor system’s contribution to the emergence of language acquisition, perception and production. The chapters have been written by internationally acknowledged researchers from a variety of disciplines, and as such this book will be of great interest to academics, students and professionals in the areas of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, psycholinguistics and philosophy.

Spatial Cognition IV, Reasoning, Action, Interaction

Author : C. Freksa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540250484
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Spatial Cognition IV, Reasoning, Action, Interaction by : C. Freksa

Download or read book Spatial Cognition IV, Reasoning, Action, Interaction written by C. Freksa and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed postproceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition 2004 held in Fauenchiemsee, Germany in October 2004. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on route directions, wayfinding, and spatial behaviour; description of space, prepositions and reference; meta-models, diagrams, and maps; spatial-temporal representation and reasoning; and robot mapping and piloting.

Neuropsycholinguistic Perspectives on Language Cognition

Author : Corine Astesano
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135099545
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Neuropsycholinguistic Perspectives on Language Cognition by : Corine Astesano

Download or read book Neuropsycholinguistic Perspectives on Language Cognition written by Corine Astesano and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together experts from the fields of linguistics, psychology and neuroscience to explore how a multidisciplinary approach can impact on research into the neurocognition of language. International contributors present cutting-edge research from cognitive and developmental psychology, neuropsychology, psycholinguistics and computer science, and discuss how this contributes to neuropsycholinguistics, a term coined by Jean-Luc Nespoulous, to whom this book is dedicated. Chapters illustrate how researchers with different methods and theoretical backgrounds can contribute to a unified vision of the study of language cognition. Reinterpreting neuropsycholinguistics through the lens of each research field, the book demonstrates important attempts to adopt a comprehensive view of speech and language pathology. Divided into three sections the book covers: linguistic mechanisms and the architecture of language the relationship between language and other cognitive processes the assessment of speech and language disabilities and compensatory mechanisms. Neuropsycholinguistic Perspectives on Language Cognition presents a unique contribution to cognitive science and language science, from linguistics to neuroscience. It will interest academics and scholars in the field, as well as medical researchers, psychologists, and speech and language therapists.

The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition

Author : Kelly S. Mix
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191609560
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition by : Kelly S. Mix

Download or read book The Spatial Foundations of Language and Cognition written by Kelly S. Mix and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-12-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents recent research on the role of space as a mechanism in language use and learning. It proceeds from the notion that cognition in real time, developmental time, and over evolutionary time occurs in space, and that the physical properties of space may provide insights into basic cognitive processes, including memory, attention, action, and perception. It looks at how physical space and landmarks are used in cognitive representations and serve as the basis of human cognition in a range of core mechanisms to index memories and ground meanings that are not themselves explicitly about space. The editors have brought together experimental psychologists, computer scientists, robotocists, linguists, and researchers in child language in order to consider the nature and applications of this research and in particular its implications for understanding the processes involved in language acquisition.

Spatial Cognition V

Author : Thomas Barkowsky
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540756663
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Spatial Cognition V written by Thomas Barkowsky and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-11-16 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition, Spatial Cognition 2006. It covers spatial reasoning, human-robot interaction, visuo-spatial reasoning and spatial dynamics, spatial concepts, human memory, mental reasoning and assistance, spatial concepts, human memory and mental reasoning, navigation, wayfinding and route instructions as well as linguistic and social issues in spatial knowledge processing.

Space, Time, and the Use of Language

Author : Thora Tenbrink
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110198827
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Space, Time, and the Use of Language by : Thora Tenbrink

Download or read book Space, Time, and the Use of Language written by Thora Tenbrink and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does temporal language depend on spatial language? This widespread view is intuitively appealing since spatial and temporal expressions are often similar or identical. Also, metaphors consistently express temporal phenomena in terms of spatial language, pointing to a close semantic and conceptual relationship. But what about the application of the two kinds of linguistic expressions in natural discourse? The book draws together findings on terms that describe the relation of objects or events to each other (such as in front / behind, before / after, etc.), highlighting the relationship between cognition and language usage. Using the method of cognitively motivated discourse analysis, novel empirical results are presented to complement earlier findings. The detailed investigation of a selected range of terms that appear to be parallel in space and time highlights both similarities and fundamental differences in their application. As a result, a new picture emerges: The concepts of space and time are represented in language usage in various systematic ways, reflecting how we understand the world - and at the same time reflecting how our concepts of space and time differ fundamentally. The volume contributes to a debate that has been of interest for cognitive linguists for several decades, concerning the understanding of transfer processes between two conceptually intertwined domains. The specific contribution of this work consists of addressing the novel question of how such processes come into play in the actual application of relevant expressions in natural discourse. By adopting established approaches from Discourse Analysis for issues that are deeply rooted in interdisciplinary research in Cognitive Science, insights are drawn together from two hitherto largely unrelated fields of research to approach the topic from an original perspective, leading to a deeper understanding of the relationship between the domains of space and time and their expression in language.

Space in Languages

Author : Maya Hickmann
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027229775
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Space in Languages written by Maya Hickmann and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space is presently the focus of much research and debate across disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy. One strong feature of this collection is to bring together theoretical and empirical contributions from these varied scientific traditions, with the collective aim of addressing fundamental questions at the forefront of the current literature: the nature of space in language, the linguistic relativity of space, the relation between spatial language and cognition. Linguistic analyses highlight the multidimensional and heterogeneous nature of space, while also showing the existence of a set of types, parameters, and principles organizing the considerable diversity of linguistic systems and accounting for mechanisms of diachronic change. Findings concerning spatial perception and cognition suggest the existence of two distinct systems governing linguistic and non-linguistic representations, that only partially overlap in some pathologies, but they also show the strong impact of language-specific factors on the course of language acquisition and cognitive development.

A Crosslinguistic Study of the Language of Space

Author : Engin Arik
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443825263
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis A Crosslinguistic Study of the Language of Space by : Engin Arik

Download or read book A Crosslinguistic Study of the Language of Space written by Engin Arik and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines spatial language in sign languages (Turkish Sign Language, Croatian Sign Language, American Sign Language, and Austrian Sign Language) and spoken languages (Turkish, English, and Croatian). The book presents a novel model, the Crossmodal Spatial Language, to account for similarities and differences in these languages. The model, which consists of Spatial Representations, Reference Frames, Temporal Representations, Conceptual Structure, and Linguistic Representations, shows that the features from spatial input are not necessarily mapped on the spatial descriptions regardless of modality and language. The book reports several studies to examine the descriptions of static and dynamic spatial scenes which involve, among others, spatial relationals such as left-right, front-back, besides, in, on, to, toward, pass by, away, and cause to move. The findings suggest that language users construct a spatial relation between the objects in a given time, employ a reference frame, which may not be encoded in the message, and use the same conceptual structure consisted of BE-AT for static spatial situations and GO-BE-AT for static dynamic situations.

Spatial Information Theory

Author : Stephan Winter
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540747885
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Spatial Information Theory written by Stephan Winter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-08-26 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, COSIT 2007, held in Melbourne, Australia in September 2007. The 27 revised full papers were carefully reviewed from 102 submissions, and they are organized in topical sections on cultural studies, semantics, similarity, mapping and representation, perception and cognition, reasoning and algorithms, navigation and landmarks, as well as uncertainty and imperfection.

The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics

Author : Michael T. Putnam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108386350
Total Pages : 1176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics by : Michael T. Putnam

Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics written by Michael T. Putnam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive overview of the structure of modern Germanic languages. Written by a team of internationally-renowned experts, it is a vital resource for students and researchers investigating the Germanic family of languages and dialects, covering key topics such as phonology, morphology, syntax, heritage and minority languages.

The Construal of Spatial Meaning

Author : Carita Paradis
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191613142
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis The Construal of Spatial Meaning by : Carita Paradis

Download or read book The Construal of Spatial Meaning written by Carita Paradis and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how language users express and understand literal and metaphorical spatial meaning not only in language but also through gesture and pointing. Researchers explore the ways in which theoretical developments in language and cognition, new empirical techniques, and new computational facilities have led to a greater understanding of the relationship between physical space and mental space as expressed in human communication.

Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P

Author : Anna Asbury
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027290741
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P by : Anna Asbury

Download or read book Syntax and Semantics of Spatial P written by Anna Asbury and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05-21 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The category P belongs to a less studied area in theoretical linguistics, which has only recently attracted considerable attention. This volume brings together pioneering work on adpositions in spatial relations from different theoretical and cross-linguistic perspectives. The common theme in these contributions is the complex semantic and syntactic structure of PPs. Analyses are presented in several different frameworks and approaches, including generative syntax, optimality theoretic semantics and syntax, formal semantics, mathematical modeling, lexical syntax, and pragmatics. Among the languages featured in detail are English, German, Hebrew, Igbo, Italian, Japanese, and Persian. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of formal semantics, syntax and language typology, as well as scholars with a more general interest in spatial cognition.

The Geometry of Meaning

Author : Peter Gardenfors
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262533758
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book The Geometry of Meaning written by Peter Gardenfors and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be described in terms of geometric structures. In The Geometry of Meaning, Peter Gärdenfors proposes a theory of semantics that bridges cognitive science and linguistics and shows how theories of cognitive processes, in particular concept formation, can be exploited in a general semantic model. He argues that our minds organize the information involved in communicative acts in a format that can be modeled in geometric or topological terms—in what he terms conceptual spaces, extending the theory he presented in an earlier book by that name. Many semantic theories consider the meanings of words as relatively stable and independent of the communicative context. Gärdenfors focuses instead on how various forms of communication establish a system of meanings that becomes shared between interlocutors. He argues that these “meetings of mind” depend on the underlying geometric structures, and that these structures facilitate language learning. Turning to lexical semantics, Gärdenfors argues that a unified theory of word meaning can be developed by using conceptual spaces. He shows that the meaning of different word classes can be given a cognitive grounding, and offers semantic analyses of nouns, adjectives, verbs, and prepositions. He also presents models of how the meanings of words are composed to form new meanings and of the basic semantic role of sentences. Finally, he considers the future implications of his theory for robot semantics and the Semantic Web.