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Creating language :integrating evolution, acquisition, and processing
A work that reveals the profound links between the evolution, acquisition, and processing of language, and proposes a new integrative framework for the language sciences.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262334778
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The discovery of spoken language
"A Bradford book."The Discovery of Spoken Language marks one of the first efforts to integrate the field of infant speech perception research into the general study of language acquisition. It fills in a key part of the acquisition story by providing an extensive review of research on the acquisition of language during the first year of life, focusing primarily on how normally developing infant…
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- 9780262315869
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- 1 online resource (xii, 314 pages).
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The Elm and the Expert: Mentalese and Its Semantics
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0585020515
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- 1 online resource (xii, 128 pages) :illustrations.
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Meaning in the brain
An argument that the meaning of written or auditory linguistic signals is not derived from the input but results from the brain's internal construction process. When we read a text or listen to speech, meaning seems to be given to us instantaneously, as if it were part of the input. In Meaning in the Brain, Giosue Baggio explains that this is an illusion created by the tremendous speed at which…
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- 9780262347198
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- 1 online resource (xxiv, 348 pages) :illustrations (chiefly color)
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From molecule to metaphor: A Neural theory of language
"A Bradford book."In From Molecule to Metaphor, Jerome Feldman proposes a theory of language and thought that treats language not as an abstract symbol system but as a human biological ability that can be studied as a function of the brain, as vision and motor control are studied. This theory, he writes, is a "bridging theory" that works from extensive knowledge at two ends of a causal chain to…
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- 9780262272544
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- 1 online resource (xx, 357 pages) :illustrations
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Translating happiness :a cross-cultural lexicon of well-being
How embracing untranslatable terms for well-being - from the Finnish sisu to the Yiddish mensch - can enrich our emotional understanding and experience. Western psychology is rooted in the philosophies and epistemologies of Western culture. But what of concepts and insights from outside this frame of reference?OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262344630
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- 1 online resource (xv, 223 pages)
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Modularity in knowledge representation and natural-language understanding
"A Bradford book."The notion of modularity, introduced by Noam Chomsky and developed with special emphasis on perceptual and linguistic processes by Jerry Fodor in his important book The Modularity of Mind, has provided a significant stimulus to research in cognitive science. This book presents essays in which a diverse group of philosophers, linguists, psycholinguists, and neuroscientists--inc…
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- 9780262071055
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- 1 online resource (ix, 427 pages) :illustrations.
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Structures in the Mind: Essays on Language, Music, and Cognition in Honor of …
The introduction includes appreciations of Ray Jackendoff by various authors.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262331791
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- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 404 pages) :illustrations
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Theoretical Perspectives on Language Deficits
A Bradford book."This critical history of research on acquired language deficits (aphasias) demonstrates the usefulness of linguistic analysis of aphasic syndrome for neuropsychology, linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Drawing on new empirical studies, Grodzinsky concludes that the use of grammatical tools for the description of the aphasias is critical. The selective nature of these deficits …
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- 9780262274357
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 192 pages).
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Cognitive Models of Speech Processing: Psycholinguistic and Computational Per…
Cognitive Models of Speech Processing presents extensive reviews of current thinking on psycholinguistic and computational topics in speech recognition and natural-language processing, along with a substantial body of new experimental data and computational simulations. Topics range from lexical access and the recognition of words in continuous speech to syntactic processing and the relationshi…
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- 9780262267076
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- 1 online resource (x, 540 pages) :illustrations.
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