Brain and the Lexicon
The Neural Basis of Inferential and Referential Competence
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Beschreibung
This monograph offers a novel, neurocognitive theory concerning words and language. It explores the distinction between inferential and referential semantic competence. The former accounts for the relationship of words among themselves, the latter for the relationship of words to the world. The author discusses this distinction at the level of the human brain on both theoretical and neuroscientific grounds. In addition, this investigation considers the relation between the inf/ref neurocognitive theory and other accounts of semantic cognition proposed in the field of neurosemantics, as well as some potential implications of the theory for clinical neuroscience and the philosophy of semantics. Overall, the book offers an important contribution to the debate about lexical semantic competence. It combines a strong philosophical and linguistic background with a comprehensive and critical analysis of neurosemantic literature. Topics discussed lie at the intersection of philosophical semantics, linguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology. Due to its interdisciplinary orientation, coverage is rich in introductory remarks and not overly technical, therefore it is accessible to non-experts as well.
Offers a novel, neurocognitive theory of lexical semantic competence
Combines neuroscientific analysis with insights from the philosophical and linguistic traditions
Sits at the intersection between philosophical semantics, linguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology
Offers a novel, neurocognitive theory of lexical semantic competence Combines neuroscientific analysis with insights from the philosophical and linguistic traditions Sits at the intersection between philosophical semantics, linguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology
Autor*in
Fabrizio Calzavarini
Themen in »Brain and the Lexicon«
Lexical semantic competence Lexical meaning Truth-conditional semantics Semantic competence Inferential semantics Inferential competence Meaning postulates Referential semantics Referential competence Reference in the brain Neuroscience of semantics Semantics in the brain Anterior temporal lob Posterior Middle Temporal gyrus Artificial object recognition