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The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality
Edited by Markus Werning, Wolfram Hinzen, and Edouard Machery
768 pages
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246x171mm
978-0-19-954107-2
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Hardback
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09 February 2012
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- Focuses on a key notion in linguistics and philosophy
- Of central interest to researchers in psychology, neuroscience, and bioinformatics
- Written by leading scholars from all over the world
In this book leading scholars from every relevant field report on all aspects of compositionality, the notion that the meaning of an expression can be derived from its parts. Understanding how compositionality works is a central element of syntactic and semantic analysis and a challenge for models of cognition. It is a key concept in linguistics and philosophy and in the cognitive sciences more generally, and is without question one of the most exciting fields in the study of language and mind. The authors of this book report critically on lines of research in different disciplines, revealing the connections between them and highlighting current problems and
opportunities.
The force and justification of compositionality have long been contentious. First proposed by Frege as the notion that the meaning of an expression is generally determined by the meaning and syntax of its components, it has since been deployed as a constraint on the relation between theories of syntax and semantics, as a means of analysis, and more recently as underlying the structures of representational systems, such as computer programs and neural architectures. The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality explores these and many other dimensions of this challenging field. It will appeal to researchers and advanced students in linguistics and philosophy and to everyone concerned with the study of language and cognition including those working in
neuroscience, computational science, and bio-informatics.Readership: Researchers and advanced students in linguistics and philosophy; everyone concerned with the study of language and cognition, including those working in neuroscience, computational science, and bio-informatics.
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Edited by Markus Werning, Ruhr University of Bochum, Wolfram Hinzen, University of Durham, and Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh 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.
Contributors:
Dr Markus Werning, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
Professor Dr Wolfram Hinzen, Durham University
Dr Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh
Professor Dr Michael Arbib, University of Southern California
Professor Dr Sharon Lee Armstrong, La Salle University
Dr Giosue Baggio, F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
Dr Andrew Connolly, University of Pittsburgh
Dr Chris Eliasmith, University of Waterloo
Professor Dr Andreas K. Engel, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Dr Tim Fernando, Trinity College
Professor Dr Lila Gleitman,
University of Pennsylvania
Professor Dr Peter Hagoort, F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
Professor Dr James Hampton, City University of London
Professor Heidi Harley, University of Arizona
Professor Dr Wilfred Hodges, Queen Mary College, University of London
Professor Dr Terry Horgan, University of Arizona
Professor Dr Pauline Jacobson, Brown University
Dr Theo M.V. Janssen, University of Amsterdam
Dr Martin Jönsson, Lund University
Dr Simon Kirby, University of Edinburgh
Professor Marcus Kracht, Bielefeld University
Professor Dr Michiel van Lambalgen, University of Amsterdam
Professor Lisa Lederer, University of Pittsburgh
Professor Dr
Sebastian Löbner, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
Dr Alexander Maye, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Professor Dr Francis Jeffry Pelletier, Simon Fraser University
Professor Dr Peter Pagin, Stockholm University
Professor Francis Jeffry Pelletier, University of Alberta
Professor Martina Penke, University of Cologne
Professor Dr Paul Pietroski, University of Maryland
Professor Dr Jesse Prinz, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Professor James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University
Professor Dr Francois Recanati, Institut Jean Nicod
Professor Dr Gabriel Sandu, University of Helsinki
Professor Dr Gerhard Schurz, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
Dr Kenny Smith, Northumbria University
Dr Terrence Stewart, University of Waterloo
Professor Dr Zoltan Szabo, Yale University
Professor Dr Dag Westerstahl, Gothenburg University
Dr Edward Wisniewski, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Professor Jing Wu, Soochow University
Professor Dr Dieter Wunderlich, Typologie und Universalienforschung
Professor Dr Thomas Ede Zimmermann, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University
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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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