Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar

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Ray Jackendoff

Foreign Language Study & Reference

MIT Press]

This book emphasizes the role of semantics as a bridge between the theory of language and the theories of other cognitive capacities such as visual perception and motor control.

Semantics and cognition (Current studies in linguistics series)

The seminal theory developed here grew out of the collaboration of composer Fred Lerdahl and linguist Ray Jackendoff. The authors create a synthesis of the outlook and methodology of contemporary linguistics with the insights of recent music theory. Their book presents a generative grammar of music that relates the aural surface of a piece to the musical structure unconsciously inferred by the experienced listener. While this approach is inspired by Chomskian transformational grammar, its development is in purely musical terms rather than through literal analogies to linguistic structure. The book can be read from several perspectives. From the viewpoint of music theory as traditionally conceived, it offers many innovations, not only in notation but also in the substance of rhythmic and reductional theory. The theory is illustrated with numerous musical examples from the Western classical traditional of total music. However, there is also some discussion of other musical idioms and of the nature of musical universals, providing a rich variety of questions for historical and ethnomusicological research. Beyond purely musical issues, the book investigates a domain of human cognitive capacity and pursues a number of formal and substantive connections between music, language, and visual perception. From this point of view, the study of musical grammar can provide central evidence for a more unified theory of cognition. While the authors have published several joint articles on their work, this book is the first complete exposition of the theory. Fred Lerdahl is Associate Professor of Music at Columbia University and Ray Jackendoff is Professor Linguistics at Brandeis University. The book isthird in the series, Cognitive Theory and Mental Representation.

A generative theory of tonal music (The MIT Press series on cognitive theory and mental representation)

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Fred Lerdahl

Music

What is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can speak and understand a language? Why can't other creatures do the same? And what does this tell us about the rest of human abilities? Recent dramatic discoveries in linguistics and psychology provide intriguing answers to these age-old mysteries. In this fascinating book, Ray Jackendoff emphasizes the grammatical commonalities across languages, both spoken and signed, and discusses the implications for our understanding of language acquisition and loss.

Patterns In The Mind

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Basic Books

Fundamentos del lenguaje es un libro dividido en doce capítulos en los que Jackendoff establece importantes relaciones en el estudio de la lingüística entre psicología, neurociencia, biología, filosofía y teoría evolutiva, a la vez que plantea un revolucionario programa para la cooperación interdisciplinaria. Propone un replanteamiento radical de cómo el cerebro almacena y procesa el lenguaje.

Fundamentos del lenguaje. Mente, significado, gramática y evolución (Spanish Edition)

Words, Language & Grammar

Fondo de Cultura Económcia

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