Neurosemantics: Neural Processes and the Construction of Linguistic Meaning

by Vivian M De La Cruz, Alessio Plebe, Vivian M. De La Cruz

Book Overview

This book examines the concept of " Neurosemantics", a term currently used in two different senses: the informational meaning of the physical processes in the neural circuits, and semantics in its classical sense, as the meaning of language, explained in terms of neural processes. The book explores this second sense of neurosemantics, yet in doing so, it addresses much of the first meaning as well. Divided into two parts, the book starts with a description...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319285505
• ISBN13: 9783319285504
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"