Title From molecule to metaphor : a neural theory of language / Jerome A. Feldman

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 357 pages) : illustrations Series Bradford book Contents 1. The mystery of embodied language -- 2. The information processing perspective -- 3. Computational models -- 4. Neurons and other cells -- 5. The society of neurons -- 6. Nature and nurture -- 7. Connections in the mind -- 8. Embodied concepts and their words -- 9. The computational bridge -- 10. First words -- 11. Conceptual schemas and cultural frames -- 12. Learning spatial relation words -- 13. Embodied knowledge of actions -- 14. Learning action words -- 15. Conceptual systems -- 16. Metaphors and meaning -- 17. Understanding as simulation -- 18. The structure of action and events -- 19. Belief and inference -- 20. Understanding news stories -- 21. Combining forms--grammar -- 22. The language wars -- 23. Combining meanings--embodied construction grammar -- 24. Embodied language understanding -- 25. Learning constructions -- 26. Remaining mysteries -- 27. All together now Summary 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 explicate the links between. Although the cognitive sciences are revealing much about how our brains produce language and thought, we do not yet know exactly how words are understood or have any methodology for finding out. Feldman develops his theory in computer simulations--formal models that suggest ways that language and thought may be realized in the brain. Combining key findings and theories from biology, computer science, linguistics, and psychology, Feldman synthesizes a theory by exhibiting programs that demonstrate the required behavior while remaining consistent with the findings from all disciplines. After presenting the essential results on language, learning, neural computation, the biology of neurons and neural circuits, and the mind/brain, Feldman introduces specific demonstrations and formal models of such topics as how children learn their first words, words for abstract and metaphorical concepts, understanding stories, and grammar (including "hot-button" issues surrounding the innateness of human grammar). With this accessible, comprehensive book Feldman offers readers who want to understand how our brains create thought and language a theory of language that is intuitively plausible and also consistent with existing scientific data at all levels Analysis LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General Notes "A Bradford book." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-352) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Language and languages -- Philosophy. Psycholinguistics. Neurobiology. Cognitive science. Linguistics. Human information processing. Human behavior. Nervous system. Anatomy. Humanities. Brain. Central nervous system. Communication. Language and languages. Philosophy. Cognition. Psychology. Misinformation. Linguistics Psychological Phenomena and Processes Mental Processes Behavior Behavioral Disciplines and Activities Information Science Nervous System Psychiatry and Psychology Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Anatomy Humanities Brain Central Nervous System Behavioral Sciences Communication Brain -- physiology Language Philosophy Cognition Comprehension Psycholinguistics Neurobiology psycholinguistics. linguistics. human behavior. anatomy. humanities. brains. behavioral sciences. philosophy. cognition. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General. Philosophy Nervous system Linguistics Language and languages Humanities Human information processing Human behavior Communication Cognition Central nervous system Brain Anatomy Cognitive science Language and languages -- Philosophy Neurobiology Psycholinguistics Neurolinguïstiek. Taalverwerving. Natuurlijke-taalverwerking. Philosophie du langage. Psycholinguistique. Langage. Neurobiologie. Science cognitive. 17.35 neurolinguistics. Language and languages -- Philosophy. Psycholinguistics. Neurobiology. Cognitive science. Språkfilosofi. Språkpsykologi. Genre/Form Festschriften Festschriften. Form Electronic book LC no. 2005058045 ISBN 9780262272544 0262272547 9781429477291 1429477296 9780262062534 0262062534 0262562359 9780262562355 1282100831 9781282100831 9786612100833 6612100834 0262296888 9780262296885

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