Language in Mind

2003-03-14 Psychology

Author : Dedre Gentner
Release : 2003-03-14
Genre : Psychology
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Download or read book Language in Mind written by Dedre Gentner. This book was released on 2003-03-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

The Universal Language of Mind

1994 Body, Mind & Spirit

Author : Daniel R. Condron
Release : 1994
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Download or read book The Universal Language of Mind written by Daniel R. Condron. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpretatie van het bijbelboek Matteus.

Language and the Mind

2005 Foreign Language Study

Author : John Field
Release : 2005
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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Download or read book Language and the Mind written by John Field. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge Language Workbooksprovide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series offer comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further investigation. Each Language Workbook guides the reader through the subject using 'hands-on' language analysis, equipping them with the basic analytical skills needed to handle a wide range of data. Written in a clear and simple style, with all technical concepts fully explained, Language Workbooks can be used for independent study or as part of a taught class. Language and the Mind: is an accessible introduction to the relationship between language and mental processes covers core areas including language in the brain, language impairment, how language is acquired, how the mind stores vocabulary and how it deals with speaking, listening, reading and writing draws on a variety of real-life material employs a discovery approach that enables students to form conclusions for themselves can be used to complement existing textbook material.

Mind, Language And Society

2008-08-04 Philosophy

Author : John R Searle
Release : 2008-08-04
Genre : Philosophy
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Download or read book Mind, Language And Society written by John R Searle. This book was released on 2008-08-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Language and the Creative Mind

2013 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Michael Borkent
Release : 2013
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Language and the Creative Mind written by Michael Borkent. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together papers from the 11th Conceptual Structure, Discourse and Language Conference, held in Vancouver in May 2012. In the last few years, the cognitive study of language has begun to examine the interaction between language and other embodied communicative modalities, such as gesture, while at the same time expanding the traditional limits of linguistic and cognitive enquiry into creative domains such as music, literature, and visual images. Papers in this collection show how the study of language paves the way for these new areas of investigation. They bring issues of multimodal communication to the attention of linguists, while also looking through and beyond language into various domains of human creativity. This refreshed view of the relations across various communicative domains will be important not only to linguists, but also to all those interested in the creative potential of the human mind.

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