Knowledge and language [electronic resource] / edited by I. Kurcz, G.W. Shugar, and J.H. Danks.

How do people represent their knowledge about the world and use that knowledge for communication? This question is the central theme of this book. Among the aspects discussed in the first three sections are: the relationship between formal, logical descriptions of language, and psychological analyse...

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Corporate Authors: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Psycholinguistic Unit, International Conference on Knowledge and Language
Other Authors: Kurcz, Ida, Shugar, G. W. (Grace W.), Danks, Joseph H.
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, ©1986.
Series:Advances in psychology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 39.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Knowledge and Language; Copyright Page; Preface; List of Contributors; Contents; Part 1 SEMANTICS AND CONCEPTS; Chapter 1 On Naming Things: Remarks on the Relation between Logic and Psychology; Chapter 2 How Children Deal with Natural Language Quantification; Chapter 3 A Simulation Approach to Conceptual Identification; Chapter 4 Asymmetry of Dimensions in Language Knowledge; Chapter 5 Language Acquisition and Judgments of Dimension and Quantity: A Discussion of "Bigger" and "More" Responses of Children; Chapter 6 Motor Programs as Part of the Meaning of Verbal Items.