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Lexicons, Contexts, Events, and Images: Commentary on Elman (2009) From the Perspective of Dual Coding Theory
Author(s) -
Paivio Allan,
Sadoski Mark
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.498
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1551-6709
pISSN - 0364-0213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01146.x
Subject(s) - computer science , lexicon , schematic , dual (grammatical number) , coding (social sciences) , perspective (graphical) , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , mental lexicon , cognition , emotive , linguistics , meaning (existential) , inference , natural language processing , psychology , artificial intelligence , epistemology , sociology , social science , philosophy , electronic engineering , neuroscience , engineering , psychotherapist
Elman (2009) proposed that the traditional role of the mental lexicon in language processing can largely be replaced by a theoretical model of schematic event knowledge founded on dynamic context‐dependent variables. We evaluate Elman’s approach and propose an alternative view, based on dual coding theory and evidence that modality‐specific cognitive representations contribute strongly to word meaning and language performance across diverse contexts which also have effects predictable from dual coding theory.