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Mismatching Meanings in Brain and Behavior
Author(s) -
Pylkkänen Liina
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
language and linguistics compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 44
ISSN - 1749-818X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-818x.2008.00073.x
Subject(s) - syntax , semantics (computer science) , linguistics , meaning (existential) , interpretation (philosophy) , function (biology) , computer science , natural (archaeology) , interface (matter) , cognitive science , psychology , natural language processing , philosophy , programming language , history , biology , archaeology , bubble , evolutionary biology , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing , psychotherapist
Natural language interpretation is generally thought to be compositional, that is, the meanings of expressions are a function of the meanings of their parts and of the way the parts are syntactically combined. Theories of the syntax–semantics interface aim to articulate the details of this function. This article discusses a new research program in which psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic experiments on so‐called syntax–semantics mismatches are used to elucidate the mechanisms that mediate between structure and meaning.