(PDF) The Geometry of Meaning: Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces By Peter G?rdenfors
The Geometry of Meaning: Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces
A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be described in terms of geometric structures.In The Geometry of Meaning, Peter Gardenfors proposes a theory of semantics that bridges cognitive science and linguistics and shows how theories of cognitive processes, in particular concept formation, can be exploited in a general semantic model. He argues that our minds organize the information involved in communicative acts in a format that can be modeled in geometric or topological terms -- in what he terms conceptual spaces, extending the theory he presented in an earlier book by that name.Many semantic theories consider the meanings of words as relatively stable and independent of the communicative context. Gardenfors focuses instead on how various forms of communication establish a system of meanings that becomes shared between interlocutors. He argues that these "meetings of mind" depend on the underlying geometric structures, and that these
Product details: The Geometry of Meaning: Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces
Author : Peter Gärdenfors
Pages : 356 pages
Publisher : MIT Press
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ISBN-10 : 0262533758
ISBN-13 : 9780262533751
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