Semantics and cognition

Current Studies in Linguistics

by Ray S. Jackendoff, Lila R. Gleitman (Editor), Joan Bresnan (Editor)

This book emphasizes the role of semantics as a bridge between the theory of language and the theories of other cognitive capacities such as visual perception and motor control.

Genres: Linguistics

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Othman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found myself skipping a lot of this book, not because it was boring, but because I'd read more recent work on the same topic. I place Jackendoff's book is in the category of classic works in linguistics.