The abstraction engine : extracting patterns in language, mind and brain / / Michael Fortescue
| The abstraction engine : extracting patterns in language, mind and brain / / Michael Fortescue |
| Autore | Fortescue Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 153.24 |
| Collana | Advances in Consciousness Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Abstraction
Thought and thinking Neurolinguistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466288403321 |
Fortescue Michael
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| Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The abstraction engine : extracting patterns in language, mind and brain / / Michael Fortescue
| The abstraction engine : extracting patterns in language, mind and brain / / Michael Fortescue |
| Autore | Fortescue Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 153.24 |
| Collana | Advances in Consciousness Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Abstraction
Thought and thinking Neurolinguistics |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792867103321 |
Fortescue Michael
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| Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The abstraction engine : extracting patterns in language, mind and brain / / Michael Fortescue
| The abstraction engine : extracting patterns in language, mind and brain / / Michael Fortescue |
| Autore | Fortescue Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 153.24 |
| Collana | Advances in Consciousness Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Abstraction
Thought and thinking Neurolinguistics |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821472103321 |
Fortescue Michael
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| Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America / / Michael Fortescue, Edward Vajda
| Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America / / Michael Fortescue, Edward Vajda |
| Autore | Fortescue Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (545 pages) |
| Disciplina | 419 |
| Collana | Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas |
| Soggetto topico |
Aleut language - Grammar, Comparative - Uralic
Eskimo languages - Grammar, Comparative - Uralic Eskimo languages - Grammar, Comparative - Yukaghir Eskimo-Aleut languages - Grammar, Comparative - Uralic Eskimo-Aleut languages - Grammar, Comparative - Yukaghir Na-Dene languages - Grammar, Comparative - Yeniseian Uralic languages - Grammar, Comparative - Eskimo-Aleut Yeniseian languages - Grammar, Comparative - Na-Dene Yukaghir language - Grammar, Comparative - Eskimo-Aleut |
| ISBN |
9789004436824
9004436820 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of Tables and Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Michael Fortescue and Edward Vajda -- Part 1 The Uralo-Siberian Hypothesis -- 1 Overview -- 2 The Eskaleut, Uralic and Yukaghir Languages -- 2.1 Eskaleut -- 2.2 Uralic -- 2.3 Yukaghir -- 3 The History of the Hypothesis -- 4 Uralo-Siberian Cognates -- 4.1 The Basis of the Reconstructions: Sound Correspondences -- 4.2 Proto-Uralo-Siberian Stems -- 4.3 Proto-Uralo-Siberian Morphology -- 4.4 Summary -- 5 The Relationship to Chukotko-Kamchatkan -- 6 The Emergence of Ergativity in Eskaleut and Siberian Languages -- 7 Aleut Lexical Items Not Attested in Eskimoan: Evidence of a Substratum? -- 8 Sirenikski: Remnant Asian Eskimoan -- 8.1 The Position of Sirenikski within Eskimoan -- 8.2 Sirenikski Phonology and Lexicon -- 8.3 Sirenikski Morphology -- 8.4 The Idiosyncrasy of Sirenikski -- 9 Support from Archaeology and Population Genetics -- 9.1 The Dispersal of Uralo-Siberian: A Model -- 9.2 Archaeological Support for the Model -- 9.3 Genetic Support for the Model -- Part 2 The Dene-Yeniseian Hypothesis -- 1 Overview -- 2 Yeniseian Languages -- 3 Na-Dene: Tlingit, Eyak, and Dene (Athabaskan) Languages -- 4 Dene-Yeniseian Phonology -- 5 Dene-Yeniseian Cognates -- 6 Form Classes and Noun Morphology -- 7 Possessive Constructions -- 7.1 Yeniseian Possessive Morphology -- 7.2 Dene-Eyak Noun Class Markers and Qualifiers -- 7.3 Postpositional Constructions -- 7.4 Directionals -- 7.5 Demonstratives and Interrogatives -- 7.6 Summary -- 8 Finite Verb Morphology -- 8.1 The Origin of Dene-Yeniseian Templatic Polysynthesis -- 8.2 Na-Dene Classifier Prefixes -- 8.3 The Proto-Yeniseian Template -- 8.4 Tense-Aspect-Mood Affixes -- 8.5 Agreement Morphology -- 8.6 Contact-Induced Changes in the Yeniseian Daughter Templates -- 8.7 Areal Influence on Na-Dene Verb Morphology -- 8.8 Action Nominals -- 8.9 Concluding Remarks on Dene-Yeniseian Verb Morphology -- 9 Summary of the Linguistic Evidence for Dene-Yeniseian -- 10 Perspectives on Dene-Yeniseian from Genetics and Archaeology -- 11 Summary and Future Perspectives -- Concluding Discussion -- Michael Fortescue and Edward Vajda -- Appendix 1: P - US to English; English to P - US -- Appendix 2: P - DY to English; English to P - DY -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910956841803321 |
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| Leiden; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Polysemy, Diachrony, and the Circle of Cognition / / Michael Fortescue
| Polysemy, Diachrony, and the Circle of Cognition / / Michael Fortescue |
| Autore | Fortescue Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 pages) |
| Disciplina | 430 |
| Collana | Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture |
| Soggetto topico | Literature |
| ISBN |
9789004449527
9004449523 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Matter -- Copyright Page / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Abbreviations / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 2 Thinking in General / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 3 Understanding / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 4 Knowing / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 5 Believing / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 6 Remembering / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 7 Thinking about / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 8 Judging (Considering) / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 9 Calculating / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 10 Deciding / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 11 Guessing / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 12 Intending / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 13 Imagining / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 14 Expecting / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 15 Wishing / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 16 Emotional Feelings / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 17 Surprise / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 18 Experiencing (Feeling) / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 19 Perceiving (Noticing) / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 20 Recognizing / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 21 Full Circle / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 22 What a Surprise! A Closer Look at a Cinderella Category / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 23 The Cross-Linguistic Expression of Categories of Emotion / Author: Michael Fortescue.
Chapter 24 Seeming: An Odd One Out? / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 25 Guess: How a Single Category Can Involve All Others / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Chapter 26 Conclusions / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Back Matter -- Sources for Languages Cited / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Appendix 1 A Sentimental Circle / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Appendix 2 Raw Lexical Data / Author: Michael Fortescue -- References / Author: Michael Fortescue -- Indexes / Author: Michael Fortescue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973644103321 |
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| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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