From Molecule to Metaphor: A Neural Theory of Language - Feldman, Jerome A.

Clean, tight, unmarked; light wear to corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Jerome Feldman proposes a theory of language and thought that treats language not as an abstract symbol but as a human biological ability that can be studies as a function of the brain, as vision and motor control are studied. This theory, he writes, is a "bridging theory" that works from extensive knowledge at two ends of a causal chain to explicate the links between. Although the cognitive sciences are revealing much about how our brains produce language and thought, we do not yet know exactly how words are understood or have any methodology for finding out. With this accessible, comprehensive book Feldman offers readers who want to understand how our brains create thought and language a theory of language that is intuitively plausible and also consistent with existing scientific data at all levels.
Very Good
Soft cover
MIT Press
2008
Cambridge, MA