Language, Mind and Computation

This book explores how and in what ways the relationship between language, mind and computation can be conceived of, given that a number of foundational assumptions about this relationship remain unacknowledged in mainstream linguistic theory, yet continue to be the basis of theoretical developments and empirical advances.

'This book sheds a new light on the relationship between language, mind and computation as conceived of in current linguistic theory.' Marcelo Dascal, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Autorentext

Prakash Mondal is a Researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. His published works include papers at the cross-section of language, cognition and computation in Biosemiotics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Pragmatics and Cognition, Research in Computing Science, and Interdisciplinary Journal of Linguistics, among many others.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Language and Linguistic Theory 3. How Language Relates to the Mind 4. How Language Relates to Computation 5. Putting it all together: The Relation between Language, Mind and Computation 6. The Emerging Connection 7. Linguistic Theory, Explanation and Linguistic Competence 8. Linguistic Theory, Learnability, Mind and Computation 9. Conclusion