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Autore |
Fortescue Michael |
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The abstraction engine : extracting patterns in language, mind and brain / / Michael Fortescue |
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Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Advances in Consciousness Research ; ; 94 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Abstraction |
Thought and thinking |
Neurolinguistics |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Abstraction all the way down -- Language, abstract and less abstract -- CoGnitive linguistics: Language embodied -- Abstraction, metaphor and cultural context -- The abstraction of events in narrative and memory -- Pre-linguistic abstraction and projection: perception and imagination -- The feel of things: abstract emotion -- Neurological underpinnings: the world seen through hidden layers -- Abstraction at work: It's child's play -- The philosophical approach -- Abstraction all the way up: its evolutionary purpose. |
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