23.2970, Books: The Mental Corpus: Taylor

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Title: The Mental Corpus 
Subtitle: How Language is Represented in the Mind 
Publication Year: 2012 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199290802.do 

Author: John R. Taylor

Hardback: ISBN:  9780199290802 Pages: 336 Price: U.K. £ 50

Abstract:

This book presents a radical reconceptualization of the nature of linguistic 
knowledge. John Taylor challenges the conventional notion that a language 
can be understood in terms of the interaction of syntax with a lexicon, the 
second listing the words and the first the rules for combining them. He 
proposes instead that an individual's knowledge of a language can be thought 
of as a repository of memories of linguistic experience. Each encounter with 
the language, he argues, leaves a trace in our minds. We record the forms of 
utterances, the concepts and interpretations associated with them, and the 
contexts in which they were heard or seen. Features of incoming language - a 
word, a phrase, a meaning, a voice quality, an interactional situation - 
resonate with items already stored. Similarities between stored items give 
rise to generalizations of varying degrees of certainty and precision, which in 
turn are able to sanction new and innovative expressions.

John Taylor writes with conviction, clarity, and wit, illustrating every stage of 
his argument with arresting examples. His account makes a profound and 
original contribution to understanding the nature of language and the 
operations of the mind and brain. His book will appeal in equal measure to 
linguists, philosophers, and cognitive scientists. 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Philosophy of Language

Written In: English  (eng)

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