Cognitive Morphodynamics: Dynamical Morphological Models of Constituency in Perception and Syntax

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Per Aage Brandt Wolfgang Wildgen

Cognitive Morphodynamics

Dynamical Morphological Models of Constituency in Perception and Syntax

Per Aage Brandt, Wolfgang Wildgen, Barend van Heusden , Jean Petitot

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English

Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
17 March 2011

Language: history & general works; Semiotics & semiology; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Perception; Mathematics

Series: European Semiotics/Semiotiques Europeennes

This book – written in collaboration with René Doursat, director of the Complex Systems Institute, Paris – adds a new dimension to Cognitive Grammars. It provides a rigorous, operational mathematical foundation, which draws from topology, geometry and dynamical systems to model iconic «image-schemas» and «conceptual archetypes». It defends the thesis that René Thom’s morphodynamics is especially well suited to the task and allows to transform the morphological structures of perception into Gestalt-like, abstract, proto-linguistic schemas that can act as inputs into higher-level specific linguistic routines.

Cognitive Grammars have drawn upon the view that the deep syntactic and semantic structures of language, such as prepositions and case roles, are grounded in perception and action. This study raises difficult problems, which thus far have not been addressed as a mathematical challenge. Cognitive Morphodynamics shows how this gap can be filled.

By: Jean Petitot
Series edited by: Per Aage Brandt, Wolfgang Wildgen, Barend van Heusden
Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: New edition
Volume: 11
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 160mm,
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9783034304757
ISBN 10: 3034304757
Series: European Semiotics/Semiotiques Europeennes
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 17 March 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jean Petitot is a mathematician and expert on neurocognitive models, a semiolinguist and a philosopher of science. He is currently professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, and former director of CREA at the École Polytechnique. He is the author of eight books and over 300 articles, the editor of 10 volumes, and a member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science, the editorial boards of several journals, and the scientific committees of many institutions.