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| Introduction |
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1 The Binding Problem in Semantics |
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1.1 Binding and Visual Perception |
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1.2 Binding Meanings through Time |
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1.3 Semantic Analysis-by-Synthesis |
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2 Neural Bases of Relational Semantics |
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2.1 Electrophysiology of Relational Semantics |
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2.2 Brain Networks for Relational Semantics |
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46 | (15) |
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2.3 The Cortical Seats of Semantic Binding |
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3 A Dynamic Theory of Semantic Binding |
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3.1 Binding through Processing Cycles |
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3.2 A Neurocognitive Model of the N400 |
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3.3 Relations with Computational Models |
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II INTERPRETIVE SEMANTICS |
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4 From Binding to Interpretation and Back |
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4.1 Semantics as Computational Theory |
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100 | (13) |
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4.2 Principles of Discourse Processing |
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113 | (12) |
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4.3 Three Dimensions of Interpretation |
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125 | (10) |
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5 Brain Systems for Discourse and Logic |
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5.1 Referential Processing in the Brain |
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136 | (18) |
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5.2 Elaborative Processing in the Brain |
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154 | (11) |
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5.3 Inferential Processing in the Brain |
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165 | (8) |
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6 Discourse Models as Cortical Stable States |
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6.1 An Extended Brain Network for Semantics |
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174 | (7) |
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6.2 The Emergence of Stable Representations |
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6.3 From Minimal Models to Complex Actions |
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III EVOLUTIONARY SEMANTICS |
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7 Signaling and the Evolution of Meaning |
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7.1 Formal Properties of Signaling Games |
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201 | (5) |
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7.2 Role Asymmetry and Code Transmission |
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206 | (5) |
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7.3 Signaling Games and Natural Language |
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211 | (6) |
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8 Plasticity in the Brain's Semantic System |
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217 | (24) |
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8.1 Ontogenesis of the Semantic System |
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218 | (10) |
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8.2 Semantic Learning and Neural Plasticity |
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228 | (6) |
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8.3 The Neural Bases of Signaling Behavior |
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234 | (7) |
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9 Brains as Meaning Transmission Machines |
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9.1 Prior Structure in Meaning Acquisition |
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9.2 Productive and Receptive Transmission |
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9.3 The Neural Origins of Lexical Meanings |
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271 | (8) |
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273 | (6) |
| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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