Language, consciousness, culture : essays on mental structure / Ray Jackendoff.

An integrative approach to human cognition that encompasses the domains of language, consciousness, action, social cognition, and theory of mind that will foster cross-disciplinary conversation among linguists, philosophers, psycholinguists, neuroscientists, cognitive anthropologists, and evolutiona...

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Main Author: Jackendoff, Ray, 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
©2007
Series:Jean Nicod lectures ; 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. The Nicod lectures. 1. Mental structure
  • 2. Reintegrating generative grammar
  • 3. Conscious and unconscious aspects of language structure
  • 4. Shaking hands and making coffee : the structure of complex actions
  • 5. Cognition of society and culture
  • II. The structure of social cognition and theory of mind. 6. Perception verbs and theory of mind
  • 7. Objective and subjective psychological and evaluative predicates
  • 8. Intending and volitional action
  • 9. The logic of value
  • 10. Fairness, reciprocity, and exchange
  • 11. Rights and obligations
  • 12. Trumpets and drums.