Concepts in the Brain: The View From Cross-linguistic Diversity

Author:   David Kemmerer (Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190682620


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   04 April 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   David Kemmerer (Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.704kg
ISBN:  

9780190682620


ISBN 10:   0190682620
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   04 April 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This is a work of breathtaking scope, depth, and perspective. As Homo sapiens, we share common brain morphology. Yet there is striking variability in the ways that cultures carve up the world and represent its parts. David Kemmerer's book is a tour de force in detailing this variability from a multidisciplinary angle, integrating theories from linguistics, neuroscience, and philosophy into an emergent account (i.e., one that is more than the sum of its parts). The result is a text that uniquely situates human conceptual knowledge in both its biological and cultural contexts. * Jamie Reilly, Temple University * The last few years have seen an explosion in two areas: the cross-cultural study of semantic categories, and the neurobiological foundations of conceptual structure. This book finally builds a bridge between these thriving areas of inquiry. In a brilliantly programmatic and eminently readable treatise, Kemmerer deftly synthesizes the vast literature in both fields, and points to a rapprochement for the future. * Asifa Majid, University of York * Concepts in the Brain takes us on a fascinating journey across the world's languages to examine how they carve up concepts. The book is a gold mine of mind-boggling examples from different languages that force us to rethink our assumptions about how things and events ought to be described, and what is 'natural' or 'obvious.' We are also treated to a state-of-the-art understanding of the neural basis of concepts. A sophisticated linguist and an equally virtuoso cognitive neuroscientist, David Kemmerer is one of the few people in the world who can pull off a work of this magnitude. A must read for anyone interested in concepts, meaning, language, and the brain. * Rutvik Desai, University of South Carolina *


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David Kemmerer has been a professor at Purdue University since 2000. He explores the complex relationships between semantics, grammar, perception, and action, often bringing together neuroscientific and cross-linguistic perspectives. He has published over 60 articles and chapters as well as a textbook called Cognitive Neuroscience of Language.

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