Speaking and Thinking : A Conversation with Victor Ferreira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Conversations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Oral communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (71 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ideas Roadshow Conversations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Victor Ferreira, Professor of Psychology and Principal Investigator at the Language Production Lab at the University of California at San Diego. This extensive conversation explores Victor Ferreira's research which is focused on language production and communication, especially with regard to grammar, lexical structure and speaker-hearer interaction, and his interests to incorporate computational and quantitative modelling of cognitive processing. Topics under discussion include key experimental results that change our view of what is actually going on when two people talk to each other, giving us new insight into the structure of language and also how many aspects of linguistics are related to our current understanding of how the brain and mind function.This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Tip of the Tongue, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. Howard Burton was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to provide a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.

Contents:

Intro

A Note on the Text

Introduction

The Conversation

I. Linguistic Beginnings

II. Minimizing Ambiguity

III. Retrieval

IV. The Division of Labour

V. Disambiguating Ambiguity

VI. Probing with Pronouns

VII. Grammar

VIII. Monitoring

IX. In the Brain

X. Philosophical Divertimento

XI. Language and Thought

XII. Future Investigations

XIII. Mind-Brain Redux

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781771700481

1771700483

OCLC:

1250082467