Language and Cognitive Structures of Emotion
Prakash Mondal
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Hardback. Num Pages: 199 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFD; CFG; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
This book examines linguistic expressions of emotion in intensional contexts and offers a formally elegant account of the relationship between language and emotion. The author presents a compelling case for the view that there exist, contrary to popular belief, logical universals at the intersection of language and emotive content. This book shows that emotive structures in the mind that are widely assumed to be not only subjectively or socio-culturally variable but also irrelevant to a general theory of cognition offer an unusually suitable ground for a formal theory of emotive representations, allowing for surprising logical and cognitive consequences for a ... Read more
This book examines linguistic expressions of emotion in intensional contexts and offers a formally elegant account of the relationship between language and emotion. The author presents a compelling case for the view that there exist, contrary to popular belief, logical universals at the intersection of language and emotive content. This book shows that emotive structures in the mind that are widely assumed to be not only subjectively or socio-culturally variable but also irrelevant to a general theory of cognition offer an unusually suitable ground for a formal theory of emotive representations, allowing for surprising logical and cognitive consequences for a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319336893
SKU
V9783319336893
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About Prakash Mondal
Prakash Mondal is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. He is the author of Language, Mind and Computation (2014), Natural Language and Possible Minds (2016) and Language, Biology and Cognition (completed).
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