Language diversity and cognitive representations [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Catherine Fuchs, Stéphane Robert

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 401/.9
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Variation; Cognition; Psycholinguistics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: FuchsCatherine RobertStéphane
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Semantic variations and invariance : cognitive issues -- 2. Conceptualization and representations of space across languages -- 3. Language activity : from linguistic to cognitive processes.
• Sommario/riassunto: Significant new developments in brain activity research have revived the debate on the universality of language and its neural basis. Within this debate, the question of language diversity and its implications for cognition remains central and controversial. It is here investigated in an original multimodal approach, covering various aspects of cross-linguistic variation, differences between spoken, signed and drum languages, between normal speech and pathological speech, and also between language and music, as revealed in electric brain activity associated with language processing. The variou
• Titolo autorizzato: Language diversity and cognitive representations
• ISBN: 1-283-12165-4; 9786613121653; 90-272-8450-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461620203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Human cognitive processing ; ; v. 3.