Language diversity and cognitive representations / edited by Catherine Fuchs, Stéphane Robert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuchs, Catherine.

Robert, Stéphane.

Series:

Human cognitive processing ; v. 3.

Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Cognition.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Significant new developments in brain activity research have revived the debate on the universality of language and its neural basis. Within this debate, the question of language diversity and its implications for cognition remains central and controversial. It is here investigated in an original multimodal approach, covering various aspects of cross-linguistic variation, differences between spoken, signed and drum languages, between normal speech and pathological speech, and also between language and music, as revealed in electric brain activity associated with language processing. The variou

Contents:

1. Semantic variations and invariance : cognitive issues

2. Conceptualization and representations of space across languages

3. Language activity : from linguistic to cognitive processes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-12165-4

9786613121653

90-272-8450-4

OCLC:

727649397