LINGUIST List 23.769 Wed Feb 15 2012 Books: Cognitive Science/Semantics: Werning, Hinzen, Machery (Eds) Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <daniellalinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Helen Boyd , The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality: Werning, Hinzen, Machery (Eds) Message 1: The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality: Werning, Hinzen, Machery (Eds) Date: 15-Feb-2012 From: Helen Boyd <helen.boydoup.com> Subject: The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality: Werning, Hinzen, Machery (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend Title: The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality Series Title: Oxford Handbooks in Linguistics Published: 2012 Publisher: Oxford University Press                 http://www.oup.com/us Book URL: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199541072.do Editor: Markus Werning Editor: Wolfram Hinzen Editor: Edouard Machery Hardback: ISBN: 9780199541072 Pages: 768 Price: U.K. £ 95.00 Abstract: 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. Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science                             Philosophy of Language                             Psycholinguistics                             Semantics                             Syntax Written In: English (eng) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=59318 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Brill http://www.brill.nl Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.org Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/ Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Emerald Group Publishing Limited http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ European Language Resources Association - ELRA http://www.elra.info. 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