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Author:   Markus Werning (, Ruhr University of Bochum) ,  Wolfram Hinzen (, University of Durham) ,  Edouard Machery (, University of Pittsburgh)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.459kg
ISBN:  

9780199541072

ISBN 10:   0199541078
Pages:   766
Publication Date:   09 February 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Wolfram Hinzen, Edouard Machery, and Markus Werning: Introduction Part I: History and Overview 1: Theo Janssen: Compositionality: Its Historic Context 2: Marcus Kracht: Compositionality in Montague Grammar 3: Zoltan Szabo: The Case for Compositionality 4: Ede Zimmermann: Compositionality Problems and How to Solve Them Part II: Compositionality in Language 5: Sebastian Löbner: Sub-Compositionality 6: Pauline Jacobson: Direct Compositionality 7: Jeff Pelletier: Holism and Compositionality 8: Francois Recanati: Compositionality, Flexibility, and Context-dependence 9: Dag Westerstahl: Compositionality in Kaplan Style Semantics 10: Paul Pietroski: Semantic Monadicity with Conceptual Polyadicity Part III: Compositionality in Formal Semantics 11: Wilfrid Hodges: Formalising the Relationship Between Meaning and Syntax 12: Tim Fernando: Compositionality in Discourse From a Logical Perspective 13: Gabriel Sandu: Compositionality and the Context Principle Part IV: Lexical Decomposition 14: Dieter Wunderlich: Lexical Decomposition in Grammar 15: Wolfram Hinzen: Syntax in the Atom 16: Heidi Harley: Lexical Decomposition in Modern Syntactic Theory 17: James Pustejovsky: Co-compositionality Part V: The Compositionality of Mind 18: Lila Gleitman,Andrew Connolly, and Sharon L. Armstrong: Can Prototype Representations Support Composition and Decomposition? 19: James Hampton and Martin Jönsson: Typicality and Compositionality: The Logic of Combining Vague Concepts 20: Edward Wisniewski and Jing Wu: Emergency!!! Challenges to a Compositional Understanding of Noun-noun Combinations 21: Edouard Machery and Lisa Lederer: Simple Heuristics for Concept Combination 22: Jesse Prinz: Regaining Composure: A Defense of Prototype Compositionality Part VI: Evolutionary and Communicative Success of Compositional Structures 23: Gerhard Schurz: Prototypes and their Composition from an Evolutionary Point of View 24: Kenny Smith and Simon Kirby: Compositionality and Linguistic Evolution 25: Michael Arbib: Compositionality and Holophrasis: From Action and Perception Through Protolanguage to Language 26: Peter Pagin: Communication and the Complexity of Semantics Part VII: Neural Models fo Compositional Representation 27: Terry Horgan: Connectionism, Dynamical Cognition, and Non-Classical Compositional Representation 28: Martina Penke: The Dual-Mechanism Debate 29: Terrence Stewart and Chris Eliasmith: Compositionality and Biologically Plausible Models 30: Andreas K. Engel and Alexander Maye: Neural Assemblies, the Binding Problem, and Neural Synchrony 31: Markus Werning: Non-symbolic Compositional Representation and Its neuronal Foundation: Towards an Emulative Semantics 32: Giosue Baggio, Michiel van Lambalgen, and Peter Hagoort: The Processing Consequences of Compositionality Appendix References Index

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The editors should be commended for also having the vision to create a forward-looking volume that highlights both current debates in the field as well as speculative theoretical questions that will likely shape and direct future research endeavors in the years to come. The editors did an excellent job of bringing together academics with various, diverse specializations to contribute to a volume with such a broad scope of coverage...this volume and its contents will undoubtedly have a high impact in various fields of language science for years to come. * Linguist List *

<br> The editors should be commended for also having the vision to create a forward-looking volume that highlights both current debates in the field as well as speculative theoretical questions that will likely shape and direct future research endeavors in the years to come. The editors did an excellent job of bringing together academics with various, diverse specializations to contribute to a volume with such a broad scope of coverage...this volume and its contents will undoubtedly have a high impact in various fields of language science for years to come. --Linguist List<p><br>

The editors should be commended for also having the vision to create a forward-looking volume that highlights both current debates in the field as well as speculative theoretical questions that will likely shape and direct future research endeavors in the years to come. The editors did an excellent job of bringing together academics with various, diverse specializations to contribute to a volume with such a broad scope of coverage...this volume and its contents will undoubtedly have a high impact in various fields of language science for years to come. Linguist List

Author Information

Markus Werning is Professor of Philosophy of Language and Cognition at the Ruhr University of Bochum. He is author of the book The Compositional Brain: Neuronal Foundations of Conceptual Representation (Mentis, 2010). Wolfram Hinzen is Professor of Philosophy of Language at the University of Durham. His books include Mind Design and Minimal Syntax and An Essay on Names and Truth (OUP, 2006, 2007). Edouard Machery is Associate Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh. His book Doing without Concepts was published by OUP in 2009.

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