Cognitive Science Perspectives on Verb Representation and Processing
Verbs play an important role in how events, states and other “happenings” are mentally represented and how they are expressed in natural language. Besides their central role in linguistics, verbs have long been prominent topics of research in analytic phi
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Roberto G. de Almeida • Christina Manouilidou Editors
Cognitive Science Perspectives on Verb Representation and Processing
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Editors Roberto G. de Almeida Department of Psychology Concordia University Montreal Québec Canada
Christina Manouilidou Department of Philology University of Patras Rio Patras Greece
ISBN 978-3-319-10111-8 ISBN 978-3-319-10112-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-10112-5 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014952280 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The present volume is a snapshot of current research on verb representation and processing, embodying the rich interdisciplinary perspective of cognitive science. It brings together different linguistic perspectives on verbs as well as contributions from psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and cognitive neuroscience, showcasing the diversity of theoretical approaches and types of empirical evidence bearing on the nature of verb structure and meaning. Together with linguistic theory and its empirical (cross-linguistic, distributional) evidence, we present data stemming from behavioral experiments, cases of aphasia, brain imaging, and language acquisition. We think
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