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Concepts, Frames and Cascades in Semantics, Cognition and Ontology

Editors:

  1. Sebastian Löbner

    1. Department of Linguistics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

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  2. Thomas Gamerschlag

    1. Department of General Linguistics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

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  3. Tobias Kalenscher

    1. Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

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  4. Markus Schrenk

    1. Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

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  5. Henk Zeevat

    1. Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  • Presents a truly interdisciplinary state-of-the-art discussion of cognitive structures

  • Deals with a broad variety of models of cognitive representations

  • Includes psychological research on both humans and animals

Part of the book series: Language, Cognition, and Mind (LCAM, volume 7)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Sebastian Löbner, Thomas Gamerschlag, Tobias Kalenscher, Markus Schrenk, Henk Zeevat
    Pages 1-22Open Access

  3. Pushing the Boundaries of Formal Semantics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    3. Counting Possible Configurations

      • Manfred Krifka
      Pages 43-63Open Access

    4. Structure and Ontology in Nonlocal Readings of Adjectives

      • Marcin Morzycki
      Pages 65-99Open Access

  4. Concept Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. How Can Semantics Avoid the Troubles with the Analytic/Synthetic Distinction?

      • Roberto G. de Almeida, Caitlyn Antal
      Pages 103-120Open Access

    4. Implicatures and Naturalness

      • Igor Douven
      Pages 143-163Open Access

    5. Perception, Types and Frames

      • Robin Cooper
      Pages 165-177Open Access

  5. Conceptualizing Eventualities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. An XMG Account of Multiplicity of Meaning in Derivation

      • Marios Andreou, Simon Petitjean
      Pages 181-199Open Access

    4. A Frame-Based Analysis of Verbal Particles in Hungarian

      • Kata Balogh, Rainer Osswald
      Pages 219-237Open Access

    5. On the Fictive Reading of German Steigen ‘Climb, Rise’: A Frame Account

      • Thomas Gamerschlag, Wiebke Petersen
      Pages 239-261Open Access

  6. Prototypes and Probabilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 309-309
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    2. Modification and Default Inheritance

      • Corina Strößner, Annika Schuster, Gerhard Schurz
      Pages 311-327Open Access

    3. A Frame-Theoretic Model of Bayesian Category Learning

      • Samuel D. Taylor, Peter R. Sutton
      Pages 329-349Open Access
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About this book

This open access book presents novel theoretical, empirical and experimental work exploring the nature of mental representations that support natural language production and understanding, and other manifestations of cognition. One fundamental question raised in the text is whether requisite knowledge structures can be adequately modeled by means of a uniform representational format, and if so, what exactly is its nature.

Frames are a key topic covered which have had a strong impact on the exploration of knowledge representations in artificial intelligence, psychology and linguistics; cascades are a novel development in frame theory.  Other key subject areas explored are: concepts and categorization, the experimental investigation of mental representation, as well as cognitive analysis in semantics.  This book is of interest to students, researchers, and professionals working on cognition in the fields of linguistics, philosophy, and psychology.

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Keywords

  • Representation of Concepts
  • Lexical Semantics
  • Frame Semantics
  • Frame Representations
  • Conceptual Spaces
  • Categorization and Linguistics
  • Open Access
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Linguistics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Sebastian Löbner

  • Department of General Linguistics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Thomas Gamerschlag

  • Institute of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Tobias Kalenscher

  • Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Markus Schrenk

  • Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Henk Zeevat

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Concepts, Frames and Cascades in Semantics, Cognition and Ontology

  • Editors: Sebastian Löbner, Thomas Gamerschlag, Tobias Kalenscher, Markus Schrenk, Henk Zeevat

  • Series Title: Language, Cognition, and Mind

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50200-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50199-0Published: 29 May 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50202-7Published: 13 January 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50200-3Published: 28 May 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2364-4109

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-4117

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 486

  • Number of Illustrations: 230 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cognitive Linguistics, Philosophy of Mind, Experimental Psychology

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