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The abstraction engine : extracting patterns in language, mind and brain / Michael Fortescue.

Author/creator Fortescue, Michael, D.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Advances in Consciousness Research, 1381-589X8 ; 94
Contents Introduction: Abstraction all the way down -- Language, abstract and less abstract -- CoGnitive linguistics: Language embodied -- Abstraction, metaphor and cultural context -- The abstraction of events in narrative and memory -- Pre-linguistic abstraction and projection: perception and imagination -- The feel of things: abstract emotion -- Neurological underpinnings: the world seen through hidden layers -- Abstraction at work: It's child's play -- The philosophical approach -- Abstraction all the way up: its evolutionary purpose.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Issued in other formPrint version: Fortescue, Michael, D. author. Abstraction engine Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017] 9789027213617
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017030998
ISBN9789027265845 (pdf)

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