A Neural Network Model of Lexical Organisation (Paperback, NIPPOD)

This is an engaging study of the mental lexicon: the way in which the form and meaning of words is stored by speakers of specific languages. Fortescue attempts to narrow the gap between the results of experimental neurology and the concerns of theoretical linguistics in the area of lexical semantics. The prime goal as regards linguistic theory is to show how matters of lexical organization can be analysed and discussed within a neurologically informed framework that is both adaptable and constrained. It combines the perspectives of distributed network modelling and linguistic semantics, and draws upon the accruing evidence from neuroimaging studies as regards the cortical regions involved. It engages with a number of controversial current issues in both disciplines. This text is intended as a tool for linguists interested in psychological adequacy and the latest advances in Cognitive Science. It provides a principled means of distinguishing those semantic features required by a mental lexicon that have a direct bearing on grammar from those that do not. A Neural Network Model of Lexical Organisation is essential reading for researchers in neurolinguistics and lexical semantics.

General

Imprint:	Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Continuum Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	Michael Fortescue
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
Edition:	NIPPOD
ISBN-13:	978-1-4411-1791-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4411-1791-1
Barcode:	9781441117915

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