Language and Mind
Title | Language and Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Noam Chomsky |
Publisher | New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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In this collection of Chomsky's lectures, the first three essays describe linguistic contributions to the study of the mind and the last three discuss the relationship among linguistics, philosophy, and psychology.
Language in Mind
Title | Language in Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Dedre Gentner |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 548 |
Release | 2003-03-14 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780262571630 |
The idea that the language we speak influences the way we think has evoked perennial fascination and intense controversy. According to the strong version of this hypothesis, called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis after the American linguists who propounded it, languages vary in their semantic partitioning of the world, and the structure of one's language influences how one understands the world. Thus speakers of different languages perceive the world differently. Although the last two decades have been marked by extreme skepticism concerning the possible effects of language on thought, recent theoretical and methodological advances in cognitive science have given the question new life. Research in linguistics and linguistic anthropology has revealed striking differences in cross-linguistic semantic patterns, and cognitive psychology has developed subtle techniques for studying how people represent and remember experience. It is now possible to test predictions about how a given language influences the thinking of its speakers. Language in Mind includes contributions from both skeptics and believers and from a range of fields. It contains work in cognitive psychology, cognitive development, linguistics, anthropology, and animal cognition. The topics discussed include space, number, motion, gender, theory of mind, thematic roles, and the ontological distinction between objects and substances. Contributors Melissa Bowerman, Eve Clark, Jill de Villiers, Peter de Villiers, Giyoo Hatano, Stan Kuczaj, Barbara Landau, Stephen Levinson, John Lucy, Barbara Malt, Dan Slobin, Steven Sloman, Elizabeth Spelke, and Michael Tomasello
New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind
Title | New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Noam Chomsky |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2000-04-13 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521658225 |
Outstanding and unique contribution to the philosophical study of language and mind by Noam Chomsky.
Music, Language, and the Brain
Title | Music, Language, and the Brain PDF eBook |
Author | Aniruddh D. Patel |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 2010-06-01 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 019989017X |
In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one way to explore the extent to which different mental abilities are processed by separate brain mechanisms. Accordingly, the relevant data and theories have been spread across a range of disciplines. This volume provides the first synthesis, arguing that music and language share deep and critical connections, and that comparative research provides a powerful way to study the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying these uniquely human abilities. Winner of the 2008 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.
Mind, Language And Society
Title | Mind, Language And Society PDF eBook |
Author | John R Searle |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2008-08-04 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0786723874 |
Disillusionment with psychology is leading more and more people to formal philosophy for clues about how to think about life. But most of us who try to grapple with concepts such as reality, truth, common sense, consciousness, and society lack the rigorous training to discuss them with any confidence. John Searle brings these notions down from their abstract heights to the terra firma of real-world understanding, so that those with no knowledge of philosophy can understand how these principles play out in our everyday lives. The author stresses that there is a real world out there to deal with, and condemns the belief that the reality of our world is dependent on our perception of it.
The Universal Language of Mind
Title | The Universal Language of Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel R. Condron |
Publisher | SOM Publishing |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9780944386156 |
Interpretatie van het bijbelboek Matteus.
The Bilingual Mind
Title | The Bilingual Mind PDF eBook |
Author | Aneta Pavlenko |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 399 |
Release | 2014-02-06 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0521888425 |
If language influences the way we think, does it mean that bilinguals think differently in their respective languages? Interweaving cutting edge research, case studies and personal experience, this book will take you on a quest to unlock the mysteries of the bilingual mind.