Concepts in the brain the view from cross-linguistic diversity

There are roughly 6500 languages in the world, and they display numerous similarities and differences in the concepts that they encode. This text argues that cognitive neuroscientists must take these findings seriously if they are ever to achieve a truly comprehensive, pan-human account of the corti...

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Main Author: Kemmerer, David L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2019, 2019
Series:Oxford scholarship online / Oxford scholarship online
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:There are roughly 6500 languages in the world, and they display numerous similarities and differences in the concepts that they encode. This text argues that cognitive neuroscientists must take these findings seriously if they are ever to achieve a truly comprehensive, pan-human account of the cortical underpinnings of semantic knowledge
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2019
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:9780190682651