Language, mind and computation
By: Prakash Mondal, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781137449429; 9781137449436
Subjects: Mathematical models; Philosophy and cognitive science; Mathematical linguistics; Psycholinguistics
Description: This book investigates the connection between language, mind and computation in theoretical linguistics in particular and cognitive science in general. The relationship between grammar, mind and computation which buttresses much of mainstream linguistic theory is rarely questioned but forms the basis of many theoretical developments and empirical advances. Language, Mind and Computation challenges and critiques the basis of this relationship, attempting to demonstrate that natural language grammars cannot be both mental and computational if the nature of interpretation is unaccounted for. This ambitious book will be of interest to theoretical linguists, philosophers of language, psycholinguists and even computer scientists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Introduction -- -- 2.; title: Language and linguistic theory -- -- 3.; title: How language relates to the mind -- -- 4.; title: How language relates to computation -- -- 5.; title: Putting it all together: the relation between language, mind and computation -- -- 6.; title: The Emerging connection -- -- 7.; title: Linguistic theory, explanation and linguistic competence -- -- 8.; title: Linguistic theory, learnability, mind and computation -- -- 9.; title: Conclusion