A neural network model of lexical organization

by Fortescue, Michael D.

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Title Statements

Full title :A neural network model of lexical organization / Michael Fortescue.

Summary

"The subject matter of this book is the mental lexicon, that is, the way in which the form and meaning of words is stored by speakers of specific languages. This book 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. The book 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. It will appeal to researchers in neurolinguistics and lexical semantics."--Page 4 of cover

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum Intl Pub Group
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (vi, 238 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781441168016, 144116801X, 1282297023, 9781282297029, 9786612297021, 6612297026
oclc:ocn666992491
LC Classification:P325
Dewey Decimal:401

Introduction -- Some sample word templates -- The production and comprehension of simple sentences -- Expansion to a complex sentence -- Further dimensions of the model -- Semantic fields and lexical categories -- Compositionality -- Constructions -- Polysemy -- Some further questions of qualia -- Extensions to languages of different morphological type -- The interfacing of grammar and lexicon -- The neural representation of context -- Acquisition -- Prospective conclusions.

Subjects

Electronic books LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General linguistics Linguistique Neurolinguistics Neurolinguistik Neurolinguistique semantics Sémantique Wortschatz