Mental Representations

The Interface Between Language and Reality

By: Ruth M. Kempson (Editor)

Write A Review

Paperback | 3 September 1990

At a Glance

Paperback
240 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.4

Paperback

RRP $63.95

$61.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $15.44 with

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

The attempt to study language as part of cognitive science is apparently being thwarted by the lack of contact and inferential links between current theoretical paradigms. This dynamic collection provides an overview of the relationship between linguistic form and interpretation as exemplified by the most influential of these paradigms - the current Chomskian Government and Binding paradigm, the conflicting Situation Semantics paradigm, the Davidsonian programme and, finally, the new relevance theory of cognition and pragmatics. More ambitiously, it works towards an overall theory of cognition which, the editor believes, has been facilitated by the assumptions and claims of relevance theory. The contributors to the volume are well known for their work at the language-cognition interface and each essay is a stimulating and insightful consideration of the problem. The editor's introduction will be invaluable to any reader not fully conversant with current theory, providing the necessary background, and her concluding essay is a brilliant exposition of the way in which Relevance Theory can create links whereby apparently disparate views are combined into a unified modular account of language and cognitive processes.

Industry Reviews

"The result is a very useful and very interesting book..." Daniel L. Everett, Language

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Psycholinguistics Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Perception

Contributors
Preface I
Introduction: The relation between language, mind, and reality
On the Direct Interpretation of Natural Languages
Contexts, models, and meanings: a note on the data of semantics
Facts in situation theory: representation, psychology, or reality?
Relational interpretation
On the Syntactic Base for Interpretation
Bound variable anaphora
On implicit arguments
On Internal Representations and Natural Language Use
Representation and relevance
Implicature, explicature, and truth-theoretic semantics
'So' as a constraint on relevance
The Language Faculty and Cognition
On the grammar-cognition interface: the principle of full interpretation
Index
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.

Mental Representations

The Interface Between Language and Reality

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Linguistics

Angertainment

How social media outrage ruined everything

How to Kill a Language

Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Words

Australian Sign Language (Auslan)

An Introduction to Sign Language Linguistics

Bringing Words to Life

Robust Vocabulary Instruction 2nd Edition

Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education

4th Edition

Good Arguments

What the art of debating can teach us about listening better and disagreeing well

Paperback Oxford Large Print Dictionary

UK bestselling dictionaries

Bird by Bird

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Adults

Learn Cursive Writing for Adults (Adult Cursive Handwriting Workbook)

On Writing Well

Classic Guide To Writing Non Fiction

Why Q Needs U

A history of our letters and how we use them

English as a Lingua Franca

Practice and Research

Oxford Study Indonesian Dictionary

2nd Edition

Exercitia Latina I

Exercises for Familia Romana

Kaurna Warrapiipa, Kaurna Dictionary

Kaurna to English, English to Kaurna

Spelling for Life

Uncovering the Simplicity and Science of Spelling 2nd Edition

Robust Comprehension Instruction with Questioning the Author

15 Years Smarter

Algospeak

How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language

The Origin of Language

How We Learned to Speak and Why

The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics

The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics

Across Canons

Language, Latin American Immigrant Literature, and the Making of Latinx Narratives

Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 43

2024

Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique

Framing Violence in US Anti-War Dissent

This product is categorised by