23.769, Books: Cognitive Science/Semantics: Werning, Hinzen, Machery (Eds)

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Subject: 23.769, Books: Cognitive Science/Semantics: Werning, Hinzen, Machery (Eds)

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Date: 15-Feb-2012
From: Helen Boyd [helen.boyd at oup.com]
Subject: The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality: Werning, Hinzen, Machery
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From: Helen Boyd [helen.boyd at oup.com]
Subject: The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality: Werning, Hinzen, Machery (Eds)

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Title: The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality 
Series Title: Oxford Handbooks in Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2012 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199541072.do 


Editor: Markus Werning
Editor: Wolfram Hinzen
Editor: Edouard Machery

Hardback: ISBN:  9780199541072 Pages: 768 Price: U.K. £ 95.00


Abstract:

In this book leading scholars from every relevant field report on all aspects of 
compositionality, the notion that the meaning of an expression can be derived 
from its parts. Understanding how compositionality works is a central element 
of syntactic and semantic analysis and a challenge for models of cognition. It 
is a key concept in linguistics and philosophy and in the cognitive sciences 
more generally, and is without question one of the most exciting fields in the 
study of language and mind. The authors of this book report critically on lines 
of research in different disciplines, revealing the connections between them 
and highlighting current problems and opportunities.

The force and justification of compositionality have long been contentious. 
First proposed by Frege as the notion that the meaning of an expression is 
generally determined by the meaning and syntax of its components, it has 
since been deployed as a constraint on the relation between theories of 
syntax and semantics, as a means of analysis, and more recently as 
underlying the structures of representational systems, such as computer 
programs and neural architectures. The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality 
explores these and many other dimensions of this challenging field. It will 
appeal to researchers and advanced students in linguistics and philosophy 
and to everyone concerned with the study of language and cognition including 
those working in neuroscience, computational science, and bio-informatics. 



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


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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