Concepts in the Brain
The View From Cross-linguistic Diversity
Publisher: OUP USA
Date of Publication: 4 April 2019
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| ISBN13: | 9780190682620 |
| ISBN10: | 01906826211 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 368 pages |
| Size: | 238x164x24 mm |
| Weight: | 704 g |
| Language: | English |
| 181 |
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Table of Contents:
Preface
Part I: Two perspectives on concepts
1. The perspective from semantic typology
Introduction
The apparent naturalness of one's own language
Lexical semantics
Grammatical semantics
Conclusion
2. The perspective from cognitive neuroscience
Introduction
Flexible, multilevel models of the neural substrates of concepts
Representational similarity spaces in the brain
What about the neural substrates of grammatical semantics?
Linguistic communication as brain-to-brain coupling
Conclusion
Part II: Conceptual domains
3. Objects
Introduction
Plants, animals, and artifacts
Body parts
Split possession
Nominal classification systems
Conclusion
4. Actions
Introduction
Motion events
Events of cutting, breaking, and opening
Events of putting and taking
Serial verb constructions
Verbal classification systems
Conclusion
5. Spatial relations
Introduction
Typology
Neurobiology
Conclusion
Part III: Broader questions
6. How do language-specific concepts relate to cognition?
Introduction
Many forms of cognition do not depend on language-specific concepts
Language-specific concepts nonetheless do influence some forms of cognition
Shared neural substrates for verbal and nonverbal semantic tasks: Insights and uncertainties
Conclusion
7. Are we ever conscious of concepts?
Introduction
Competing views
Implications for neuroscientific theories of consciousness
Conclusion
Final remarks
References
Language index
Author index
Subject index
Part I: Two perspectives on concepts
1. The perspective from semantic typology
Introduction
The apparent naturalness of one's own language
Lexical semantics
Grammatical semantics
Conclusion
2. The perspective from cognitive neuroscience
Introduction
Flexible, multilevel models of the neural substrates of concepts
Representational similarity spaces in the brain
What about the neural substrates of grammatical semantics?
Linguistic communication as brain-to-brain coupling
Conclusion
Part II: Conceptual domains
3. Objects
Introduction
Plants, animals, and artifacts
Body parts
Split possession
Nominal classification systems
Conclusion
4. Actions
Introduction
Motion events
Events of cutting, breaking, and opening
Events of putting and taking
Serial verb constructions
Verbal classification systems
Conclusion
5. Spatial relations
Introduction
Typology
Neurobiology
Conclusion
Part III: Broader questions
6. How do language-specific concepts relate to cognition?
Introduction
Many forms of cognition do not depend on language-specific concepts
Language-specific concepts nonetheless do influence some forms of cognition
Shared neural substrates for verbal and nonverbal semantic tasks: Insights and uncertainties
Conclusion
7. Are we ever conscious of concepts?
Introduction
Competing views
Implications for neuroscientific theories of consciousness
Conclusion
Final remarks
References
Language index
Author index
Subject index
