Title :

Can the brain help answering old linguistic questions?
On distributed words, semantic compositionality and abstract meaning

Author(s) :

Pulvermuller, Friedemann [Auteur]
Human Computer Technology Laboratory [HCTLab]
Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit [MRC CBU]
Shtyrov, Yury [Auteur]
Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit [MRC CBU]
Cappelle, Bert [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]

Conference title :

44th annual meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE 2011)

Country :

Espagne

Start date of the conference :

2011-09-08

English keyword(s) :

compositionality
abstract meaning
distributed words
verb-particle combinations
syntax
lexicon
neurolinguistics
mismatch negativity (MMN)

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Neurosciences [q-bio.NC]/Neurobiologie

English abstract : [en]

Linguistic questions need to be answered with linguistic tools, based on observations of humans who use and understand language. However, assuming there is a mechanism underlying language use and the working of this mechanism ...
Show more >Linguistic questions need to be answered with linguistic tools, based on observations of humans who use and understand language. However, assuming there is a mechanism underlying language use and the working of this mechanism can be observed directly, by brain imaging, it might be possible to obtain clues about language by looking directly at the the brain. In this talk, I will highlight brain research addressing linguistic questions.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163

Source :

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