Semantics and CognitionThis book emphasizes the role of semantics as a bridge between the theory of language and the theories of other cognitive capacities such as visual perception and motor control. |
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ambiguity analysis anaphora argument artificial intelligence belief belief-contexts Bill categorization judgment chapter Chomsky claim Clark Kent clause cognitive cognitive psychology color conceptual constituent conceptual structure correspondence rules distinction entities Event GO Thing evidence example express field first-order logic Fodor formal function Grammatical Constraint grouping inference rule instance internal structure intuition Jackendoff 1972 John Katz lexical categories lexical items linguistic markedness Mary meaning postulate metalanguage musical natural language necessary and sufficient notion nouns opaque Ortcutt ostensive definition parallel path path-function perception phrase picture place-function possible pragmatic predicate predicate logic preference rule system preposition present principles problem processing projected world properties psychology quantifier Ralph believes reading reference object referential role scope theory semantic field semantic marker semantic structure semantic theory sentences spatial sufficient conditions syntactic categories syntax temporal thematic relations THING TYPE tion transparent treated verb visual well-formedness rules word meanings