Cognitive Morphodynamics : Dynamical Morphological Models of Constituency in Perception and Syntax PDF
by Jean Petitot
Part of the European Semiotics/Semiotique Europeenne series
Description
This book - written in collaboration with Rene Doursat, director of the Complex Systems Institute, Paris - adds a new dimension to Cognitive Grammars.
It provides a rigorous, operational mathematical foundation, which draws from topology, geometry and dynamical systems to model iconic image-schemas and conceptual archetypes.
It defends the thesis that Rene Thom's morphodynamics is especially well suited to the task and allows to transform the morphological structures of perception into Gestalt-like, abstract, proto-linguistic schemas that can act as inputs into higher-level specific linguistic routines.
Cognitive Grammars have drawn upon the view that the deep syntactic and semantic structures of language, such as prepositions and case roles, are grounded in perception and action.
This study raises difficult problems, which thus far have not been addressed as a mathematical challenge.
Cognitive Morphodynamics shows how this gap can be filled.
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- Publication Date:17/03/2011
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:303 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc
- Publication Date:17/03/2011
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- ISBN:9783035101928
