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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810885503321

Autore

Fortescue Michael D

Titolo

A neural network model of lexical organization / / Michael Fortescue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2009

ISBN

1-282-29702-3

9786612297021

1-4411-6801-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in theoretical linguistics

Disciplina

401.9

Soggetti

Linguistics

Neurolinguistics

Semantics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Part 1 The Basics; Part 2 Applications; Part 3 Cognitive Justification of the Model; Appendix 1: The Relationship to Burnod's Neurological Model; Appendix 2: Paradigmatic Features of English Words; Appendix 3: Sample Derivations; List of Templates and Graphic Conventions; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is an engaging study of the mental lexicon - the way in which the form and meaning of words is stored by speakers of specific languages. Fortescue 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 d