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This book implements a multidisciplinary approach in describing
language both in its ontogenetic development and in its close
interrelationship with other human subsystems such as thought,
memory, and activity, with a focus on the semantic component of the
evolutionary-synthetic theory.The volume analyzes, among others,
the mechanisms for grammatical polysemy, and brings to light the
structural unity of artefact and natural concepts (such as CHAIR,
ROAD, LAKE, RIVER, TREE). Additionally, object and motor concepts
are defined in terms of the language of thought, and their
representation in neurobiological memory codes is discussed;
finally, the hierarchic structure of basic meanings of concrete
nouns is shown to arise as a result of their step-by-step
development in ontogeny.
This book implements a multidisciplinary approach in describing
language both in its ontogenetic development and in its close
interrelationship with other human subsystems such as thought,
memory, and activity, with a focus on the semantic component of the
evolutionary-synthetic theory. The volume analyzes, among others,
the mechanisms for grammatical polysemy, and brings to light the
structural unity of artefact and natural concepts (such as CHAIR,
ROAD, LAKE, RIVER, TREE). Additionally, object and motor concepts
are defined in terms of the language of thought, and their
representation in neurobiological memory codes is discussed;
finally, the hierarchic structure of basic meanings of concrete
nouns is shown to arise as a result of their step-by-step
development in ontogeny.
This book is an attempt to re-evaluate some basic assumptions about
language, communication, and cognition in the light of the new
epistemology of autopoiesis as the theory of the living. Starting
with a critique of common myths about language and communication,
the author goes on to argue for a new understanding of language and
cognition as functional adaptive activities in a consensual domain
of interactions. He shows that such understanding is, in fact, what
marks a variety of theoretical and empirical frameworks in
contemporary non-Cartesian cognitive science; thus, cognitive
science is in the process of working out new epistemological
foundations for the study of language and cognition. In Part Two,
the traditional concept of grammar is reassessed from the vantage
point of auto-poietic epistemology, and an analysis of specific
grammatical phenomena in English and Russian is undertaken,
revealing common cognitive mechanisms at work in linguistic
categories.
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