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English Phonetics and Phonology English Phonetics and Phonology
English Phonetics and Phonology- Interactive exercises (with sound) for ESL students to learn and observe features of Standard British English pronunciation. ...
Calvin, William H. Calvin, William H.
Calvin, William H.- Brain evolution (Univ. of Washington, USA) ...
ToDI - Transcription of Dutch Intonation ToDI - Transcription of Dutch Intonation
ToDI - Transcription of Dutch Intonation- Multimedia tutorial for learning and describing Dutch intonation (by Carlos Gussenhoven, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands). ...
A Wittgensteinian Approach to Discourse Analysis A Wittgensteinian Approach to Discourse Analysis
A Wittgensteinian Approach to Discourse Analysis- Article by Steven M. Hoenisch. Examines influence of Wittgenstein on Gricean pragamtics, and on Searle's speech act theory, to motivate Discourse Analysis. ...
Wittgenstein/Styles/Pedagogy Wittgenstein/Styles/Pedagogy
Wittgenstein/Styles/Pedagogy- Article by Michael Peters and Nicholas Burbules, discussing the nature of philosophy as a discourse. The article begins with a discussion of the petition against Derrida's honorary degree at ...
What is meant by discourse analysis? What is meant by discourse analysis?
What is meant by discourse analysis?- Statement on disourse analysis and sociology of order in an interaction by Stef Slembrouck. Housed at the University of Gent, Belgium. ...
Speech Acts Speech Acts
Speech Acts- Entry for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, by Kent Bach. ...
Journal of Child Language Journal of Child Language
Journal of Child Language- Print and electronic journal focusing on the scientific study of language behavior in children. Instructions for authors and free access abstracts. ...
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition- International peer-reviewed journal focusing on bilingualism from a cognitive science perspective. ...
Language and Cognitive Processes Language and Cognitive Processes
Language and Cognitive Processes- Publishes theoretical and experimental research into the mental processes and representations involved in language use. Research area's include linguistics, philosophy, cognitive neurops ...
Brain and Language Brain and Language
Brain and Language- Interdisciplinary journal that publishes clinical, experimental, and theoretical research in human language or communication in relation to any aspect of the brain or brain function. ...
Journal of Memory and Language Journal of Memory and Language
Journal of Memory and Language- Articles in the Journal of Memory and Language contribute to the formulation of scientific issues and theories in the areas of memory, language comprehension and production, and cognitive ...
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research- Interdisciplinary journal that covers a broad range of approaches to the study of the communicative process, including social and anthropological bases, development, biological found ...
Can Chimps Talk? Can Chimps Talk?
Can Chimps Talk?- Introductory essay by Robert Beard discussing animal language studies and their implications for nativism, the doctrine that humans possess a specialised faculty for language acquisition. ...
Gasser, Michael Gasser, Michael
Gasser, Michael- Embodied cognition and language learning (Indiana Univ.) ...
Genie, Secret of the Wild Child Genie, Secret of the Wild Child
Genie, Secret of the Wild Child- Broadcast transcript about a girl who grew up without exposure to language until she was 13 years old. ...
Mama Teached Me Talk Mama Teached Me Talk
Mama Teached Me Talk- Introductory essay by Robert Beard on the tacit nature of first language acquisition. ...
Three cognitive theories: major differences and similarities - Talmy, Langacker, Jackendoff Three cognitive theories: major differences and similarities - Talmy, Langacker, Jackendoff
Three cognitive theories: major differences and similarities - Talmy, Langacker, Jackendoff- Paper (Bilyana Martinovski, 1995) comparing the cognitive theories of language of Jackendoff, Langacker and Talmy. ...
How Brains Think How Brains Think
How Brains Think- Online text of a book by W. H. Calvin. Outlines his view of the evolution of higher cognitive functions and the circuitry that supports them in the neocortex, drawing on anthropology, evolutionary biolo ...
Chih-Hao Tsai's Research Page Chih-Hao Tsai's Research Page
Chih-Hao Tsai's Research Page- General overviews and references on the subjects of language processing, the mental lexicon and language processing in Chinese. ...
Avrutin, Sergey Avrutin, Sergey
Avrutin, Sergey- Language acquisition, language impairment and theoretical linguistics (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) ...
Ferrand, Ludovic Ferrand, Ludovic
Ferrand, Ludovic- French psycholinguist with interests in speech perception and production, visual word recognition, priming, neuropsychology. Full list of publications. (CNRS and Université René Descartes, France) ...
Pinker, Steven Pinker, Steven
Pinker, Steven- Author of The Language Instinct and Words and Rules (Formerly at MIT, now at Harvard) ...
Propositional Dynamic Logic Propositional Dynamic Logic
Propositional Dynamic Logic- Postscript format survey article by Marc Pauly written from a computer science perspective. ...
A Talk with George Lakoff A Talk with George Lakoff
A Talk with George Lakoff- Interview by John Brockman at The Edge. Lakoff is one of the founders of generative semantics. ...
Turner, Mark Turner, Mark
Turner, Mark- Expert in cognitive metaphor, conceptual blending and other areas of communication and creativity. Book descriptions, selected articles and links. ...
Adelson, Edward H. Adelson, Edward H.
Adelson, Edward H.- Human and machine vision. (MIT, USA) ...
Sci-Phi Pilot: A Language of Metaphors Sci-Phi Pilot: A Language of Metaphors
Sci-Phi Pilot: A Language of Metaphors- How to build metaphors and how to use metaphors as learning tools. ...
Analogy, Metaphor, and Integration Analogy, Metaphor, and Integration
Analogy, Metaphor, and Integration- A series of talks and discussions at UCSD in 1998, by Gilles Fauconnier, Douglas Hofstadter, Ray Gibbs, George Lakoff, and others. ...
The Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction The Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction
The Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction- Article by Kent Bach. ...
Cyberspace is a Parallel World, a Metaphor Analysis Cyberspace is a Parallel World, a Metaphor Analysis
Cyberspace is a Parallel World, a Metaphor Analysis- This paper examines some of the metaphors that have evolved as we have incorporated computer technology into our lives. ...
The Frequency of Original Metaphors in Literary and Nonliterary Texts The Frequency of Original Metaphors in Literary and Nonliterary Texts
The Frequency of Original Metaphors in Literary and Nonliterary Texts- Presentation of an undergraduate's research, with reference to concreteness, conventionality and implicit formulation. ...
Notes Towards the Analysis of Metaphor Notes Towards the Analysis of Metaphor
Notes Towards the Analysis of Metaphor- Two strategies for a systematic procedure to reconstruct metaphorical concepts and metaphorical reasoning in everyday language. ...
Tracking the fate of the metaphor silent spring in British environmental discourse: Towards an evolutionary ecology of metaphor Tracking the fate of the metaphor silent spring in British environmental discourse: Towards an evolutionary ecology of metaphor
Tracking the fate of the metaphor silent spring in British environmental discourse: Towards an evolutionary ecology of metaphor- Article in metaphorik.de by Brigitte Nehrlich. ...
Hypotheses Revisited: The Cognitive Theory of Metaphor Applied to Religious Texts Hypotheses Revisited: The Cognitive Theory of Metaphor Applied to Religious Texts
Hypotheses Revisited: The Cognitive Theory of Metaphor Applied to Religious Texts- Article by Olaf Jäkel in metaphorik.de. Summarizes the cognitive theory of metaphor in nine hypotheses. These are seen to be corroborated ...
Barnden, John - ATT-Meta Project Barnden, John - ATT-Meta Project
Barnden, John - ATT-Meta Project- Research project which simulates reasoning about mental states and metaphor in a rule-based system. Various papers and a metaphor databank. ...
Wikipedia - Metaphor Wikipedia - Metaphor
Wikipedia - Metaphor- Definitions and examples of metaphor, simile, dead metaphors and mixed metaphors. ...
Forceville, Charles Forceville, Charles
Forceville, Charles- Cognitive linguist with a special interest in visual metaphors. ...
From Icon to Metaphor From Icon to Metaphor
From Icon to Metaphor- Abstract of Orly Goldwasser's book 'From Icon to Metaphor: Studies in the Semiotics of the Hieroglyphs'. ...
Metaphor: From Plato to the Postmodernists Metaphor: From Plato to the Postmodernists
Metaphor: From Plato to the Postmodernists- Explores the role of metaphor in Plato's texts, postmodernist works, culture, and technology. ...
Ikaros Ikaros
Ikaros- An infrastructure for system level brain modeling ...
Olson Zaltman Associates Olson Zaltman Associates
Olson Zaltman Associates- A research and consulting firm which uses the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) to reveal the consumers' subconscious motivation. ...
Review of `The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface' Review of `The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface'
Review of `The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface'- By Francisco Yus of Turner's book. Appeared on the LINGUIST list. ...
Bibliography of Musical Semiotics Bibliography of Musical Semiotics
Bibliography of Musical Semiotics- Books and journal articles up through 1998. ...
Zoosemiotics Zoosemiotics
Zoosemiotics- A point of reference for people interested in animal communication. ...
Game Studies Game Studies
Game Studies- Game Studies is a crossdisciplinary journal dedicated to computer games research, with focus on aesthetic, cultural and communicative aspects of computer games. ...
The Semiotic Review of Books The Semiotic Review of Books
The Semiotic Review of Books- A multidisciplinary journal publishing exclusively review articles. It endeavours to monitor those domains in the Humanities, the Social and the Natural Sciences which bear upon symbolic and ...
Applied Semiotics/Sémiotique appliquée Applied Semiotics/Sémiotique appliquée
Applied Semiotics/Sémiotique appliquée- A refereed journal of literary research on the World Wide Web ...
A Discursive-Semiotic Approach to Cultural Aspects in Persuasive Advertisements A Discursive-Semiotic Approach to Cultural Aspects in Persuasive Advertisements
A Discursive-Semiotic Approach to Cultural Aspects in Persuasive Advertisements- MA in Applied Linguistics and Literary Theory dissertation by Ilze Bezuidenhout. ...
Semiosis Evolution Energy Semiosis Evolution Energy
Semiosis Evolution Energy- SEE is a virtual research project grounded within an exploration of themes basic to the transformation of energy within evolutionary semiotic or codal organization. ...

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