18.2189, Books: Cognitive Science/Psycholinguistics: Jackendoff

[LINGUIST Network]

LINGUIST List: Vol-18-2189. Thu Jul 19 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 18.2189, Books: Cognitive Science/Psycholinguistics: Jackendoff

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>
 
Reviews: Randall Eggert, U of Utah  
         <reviews at linguistlist.org> 

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, 
and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Hannah Morales <hannah at linguistlist.org>
================================================================  

Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers
are available at the end of this issue. 

===========================Directory==============================  

1)
Date: 19-Jul-2007
From: Diane Denner < denner at mit.edu >
Subject: Language, Consciousness, Culture: Jackendoff

 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:05:09
From: Diane Denner [denner at mit.edu]
Subject: Language, Consciousness, Culture: Jackendoff
E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=18-2189.html&submissionid=151821&topicid=2&msgnumber=1
  



Title: Language, Consciousness, Culture 
Subtitle: Essays on Mental Structure 
Series Title: The Jean Nicod Lectures / A Bradford Book  

Publication Year: 2007 
Publisher: MIT Press
	   http://mitpress.mit.edu/
	

Book URL: http://mitpress.mit.edu/026210119X 


Author: Ray Jackendoff

Hardback: ISBN: 026210119X 9780262101196 Pages: 710 Price: U.S. $ 36.00


Abstract:

Ray Jackendoff's Language, Consciousness, Culture represents a breakthrough
in developing an integrated theory of human cognition. It will be of
interest to a broad spectrum of cognitive scientists, including linguists,
philosophers, psycholinguists, neuroscientists, cognitive anthropologists,
and evolutionary psychologists.

Jackendoff argues that linguistics has become isolated from the other
cognitive sciences at least partly because of the syntax-based architecture
assumed by mainstream generative grammar. He proposes an alternative
parallel architecture for the language faculty that permits a greater
internal integration of the components of language and connects far more
naturally to such larger issues in cognitive neuroscience as language
processing, the connection of language to vision, and the evolution of
language.

Extending this approach beyond the language capacity, Jackendoff proposes
sharper criteria for a satisfactory theory of consciousness, examines the
structure of complex everyday actions, and investigates the concepts
involved in an individual's grasp of society and culture. Each of these
domains is used to reflect back on the question of what is unique about
human language and what follows from more general properties of the mind.

Language, Consciousness, Culture extends Jackendoff's pioneering theory of
conceptual semantics to two of the most important domains of human thought:
social cognition and theory of mind. Jackendoff's formal framework allows
him to draw new connections among a large variety of literatures and to
uncover new distinctions and generalizations not previously recognized. The
breadth of the approach will foster cross-disciplinary conversation; the
vision is to develop a richer understanding of human nature. 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Psycholinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=30479


MAJOR SUPPORTERS

	Blackwell Publishing          
		http://www.blackwellpublishing.com	

	Brill          
		http://www.brill.nl/	

	Cambridge University Press          
		http://us.cambridge.org	

	Cascadilla Press          
		http://www.cascadilla.com/	

	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd          
		http://www.continuumbooks.com	

	Edinburgh University Press          
		http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/	

	Equinox Publishing Ltd.          
		http://www.equinoxpub.com/	

	Georgetown University Press          
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu	

	Hodder Arnold          
		http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk	

	John Benjamins          
		http://www.benjamins.com/	

	Lincom GmbH          
		http://www.lincom.eu	

	MIT Press          
		http://mitpress.mit.edu/	

	Mouton de Gruyter          
		http://www.mouton-publishers.com	

	Multilingual Matters          
		http://www.multilingual-matters.com/	

	Oxford University Press          
		http://www.oup.com/us	

	Pagijong Press          
		http://pjbook.com	

	Palgrave Macmillan          
		http://www.palgrave.com	

	Peter Lang AG          
		http://www.peterlang.com	

	Rodopi          
		http://www.rodopi.nl/	

	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)          
		http://www.routledge.com/	

	Springer          
		http://www.springer.com	

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS	

	Anthropological Linguistics
		http://www.indiana.edu/~anthling/ 

	CSLI Publications
		http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/ 

	International Pragmatics Assoc.
		http://www.ipra.be 

	Kingston Press Ltd
		http://www.kingstonpress.com/ 

	Linguistic Assoc. of Finland
		http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ 

	Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
		http://www.lotpublications.nl/ 

	Pacific Linguistics
		http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ 

	SIL International
		http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp 

	St. Jerome Publishing Ltd.
		http://www.stjerome.co.uk 
	




-----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-18-2189