Perspectives on Abstract Concepts
Title | Perspectives on Abstract Concepts PDF eBook |
Author | Marianna Bolognesi |
Publisher | Human Cognitive Processing |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Abstraction |
ISBN | 9789027203182 |
Human language is the most powerful communication system that evolution has produced. Within this system, we can talk about things we can physically see, such as cats and tables, but also about more abstract entities, such as theories and feelings. But how are these abstract concepts grounded in human cognition and represented in the mind? How are they constructed in language? And how are they used in natural communication settings? This book addresses these questions through a collection of studies that relate to various theoretical frameworks, ranging from Conceptual Metaphor Theory to Words as Social Tools. Contributors investigate how abstract concepts are grounded in the mind, represented in language, and used in verbal discourse. This richness is matched by a range of methods used throughout the volume, from neuroimaging to computational modeling, and from behavioral experiments to corpus analyses.
Perspectives on Abstract Concepts
Title | Perspectives on Abstract Concepts PDF eBook |
Author | Marianna Bolognesi |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2019-06-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027262527 |
Human language is the most powerful communication system that evolution has produced. Within this system, we can talk about things we can physically see, such as cats and tables, but also about more abstract entities, such as theories and feelings. But how are these abstract concepts grounded in human cognition and represented in the mind? How are they constructed in language? And how are they used in natural communication settings? This book addresses these questions through a collection of studies that relate to various theoretical frameworks, ranging from Conceptual Metaphor Theory to Words as Social Tools. Contributors investigate how abstract concepts are grounded in the mind, represented in language, and used in verbal discourse. This richness is matched by a range of methods used throughout the volume, from neuroimaging to computational modeling, and from behavioral experiments to corpus analyses.
Concepts in Action
Title | Concepts in Action PDF eBook |
Author | Lucas Bechberger |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Artificial intelligence |
ISBN | 3030698238 |
This open access book is a timely contribution in presenting recent issues, approaches, and results that are not only central to the highly interdisciplinary field of concept research but also particularly important to newly emergent paradigms and challenges. The contributors present a unique, holistic picture for the understanding and use of concepts from a wide range of fields including cognitive science, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, and computer science. The chapters focus on three distinct points of view that lie at the core of concept research: representation, learning, and application. The contributions present a combination of theoretical, experimental, computational, and applied methods that appeal to students and researchers working in these fields.
The Psychology of Word Meanings
Title | The Psychology of Word Meanings PDF eBook |
Author | Paula J. Schwanenflugel |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2013-06-17 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1134755589 |
This volume contains perspectives from a collection of cognitive scientists on the psychological, philosophical, and educational issues surrounding the meanings of words and how these meanings are learned and accessed. It features chapters covering the nature and structure of word meaning, how new word meanings are acquired in childhood and later on in life, and how research in word processing may tell us something about the way in which word meanings are represented and how they relate to the language processor.
The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor
Title | The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor PDF eBook |
Author | Ning Yu |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9789027223531 |
This volume aims to contribute to the theory of metaphor from the viewpoint of Chinese, in order to help place the theory into a wider cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective. It focuses on metaphors of emotion, the "time as space" metaphor and the Event Structure Metaphor.
Aphasia and Language
Title | Aphasia and Language PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen E. Nadeau |
Publisher | Guilford Press |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 2000-09-13 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9781572305816 |
This groundbreaking work brings together leading scientist-practitioners to review what is known about aphasia and to relate current knowledge to treatment. Integrating traditional linguistic formulations with new insights derived from cognitive neuroscience, this volume explores the neuropsychological bases of both normal and pathologic language. It reflects an understanding of brain structure and function based on new developments in connectionist modeling and functional neuroimaging.
Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Title | Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Zoltán Kövecses |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2020-04-23 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1108490875 |
Offers an extended, improved version of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), updating it in the context of current linguistic theory.