Cognitive Linguistics
Dissertations in Language and Cognition
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Tim Seuchter
Action-Related Representations
Theories of grounded cognition state that there is a meaningful connection between action and cognition. Although these claims are widely accepted, the nature and structure of this connection is far from clear and is still a matter of controversy. This book argues for a type of cognitive representation that essentially combines cognition and action, and which is foundational for higher-order cognitive capacities. Action-related representation is a mode of representing features of the environment in terms of possible actions. Central to this concept is that even the most basic actions, such as grasping or reaching, are outcomes of representing features of the environment in relation to features and skills of the acting subject. The author discusses the hierarchical development from egocentric, context-specific action-related representations to abstract representations of general actions. Findings from Philosophy, Neuroscience and Ecological Psychology are analysed, and a novel approach to the understanding of Gibson’s Theory of Affordance Perception, a key element of the concept of action-related representation, is introduced.
Dissertations in Language and Cognition
Action-Related Representations
This series explores issues of mental representation, linguistic structure and representation, and their interplay. The research presented in this series is grounded in the idea explored in the Collaborative Research Center ‘The structure of representations in language, cognition and science’ (SFB 991) that there is a universal format for the representation of linguistic and cognitive concepts. Tim Seuchter
An Action-Based Approach to Grounded Cognition
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Terry Janzen, Barbara Shaffer (Eds.)
Tim Seuchter
Samuel D. Taylor
SIGNED LANGUAGE AND GESTURE RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS
ACTION-RELATED REPRESENTATIONS
CONCEPTS AND THE APPEAL TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE
The volume brings together research in the field of cognitive linguistics that focuses on critical topics and current studies of signed language and gesture. Authors contributions comprise five sections including guiding research principles, iconicity, multimodality, blending, depiction and metaphor, and grammatical constructions. The pioneering work of Sherman Wilcox is highlighted throughout, scaffolding much of the work of these contributors. Cognitive Linguistics; Signed Languages; Gesture; Multimodality
Terry Janzen, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Barbara Shaffer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. Collection, English, 4th quarter 2021
Series Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] 67 Approx. 430 pp., 100 fig. HC RRP € 119.95 / *US$ 137.99 / *£ 109.00
An Action-Based Approach to Grounded Cognition
Theories of grounded cognition state that there is a meaningful connection between action and cognition. Although these claims are widely accepted, the nature and structure of this connection is far from clear and is still a matter of controversy. This book argues for a type of cognitive representation that essentially combines cognition and action, and which is foundational for higher-order cognitive capacities. Grounded Cognition; Embodied Cognition; Representationalism; Theory of Perception; Visuomotor Pragmatic Processing
Funder: CRC 991: The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition, and Science
This book evaluates whether or not we can decide on the best theory of concepts by appealing to the explanatory results of cognitive science. It undertakes an in-depth analysis of different theories of concepts and of the explanations formulated in cognitive science. As a result, two reasons are provided for thinking that an appeal to cognitive science cannot help to decide on the best theory of concepts. Concepts; Cognitive Science; Cognitive Scientific
Explanations; Mental Representations
Monograph, English, 3rd quarter 2020
Monograph, English, 4th quarter 2020
Series Dissertations in Language and Cognition 6
Series Dissertations in Language and Cognition 8
262 pp., 60 fig.
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Approx. 215 pp., 13 fig.
ISBN 978-3-11-066378-5
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