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| − | The '''linguistic information system''' or ''linguistic system'' is a sub-network of the human information system in the brain. This system is, in turn, divided into [[stratum|stratal systems]]. At the high end of this system is content, the network of concepts; at the low end is expression, the phonetic forms. As you go higher in the system, you find larger and larger inventories: The number of morphemes in a language is quite large in comparison with the number of phonemes; the number of lexemes is even greater; and the number of sememes or concepts is larger still. These emes, as understood by [[neurocognitive linguistics]], are not items in the usual sense but just intersections of various relationships. | + | The '''linguistic information system''' or ''linguistic system'' is a sub-network of the human information system in the brain. This system is, in turn, divided into [[stratum (in neurocognitive linguistics)|stratal systems]]. At the high end of this system is content, the network of concepts; at the low end is expression, the phonetic forms. As you go higher in the system, you find larger and larger inventories: The number of morphemes in a language is quite large in comparison with the number of phonemes; the number of lexemes is even greater; and the number of sememes or concepts is larger still. These emes, as understood by [[neurocognitive linguistics]], are not items in the usual sense but just intersections of various relationships. |
Neurocognitive linguistics attempts to understand this system itself, whereas other theories represent language as an abstraction based on analysis of the system's output, without any detailed attention to the actual human mind or brain. | Neurocognitive linguistics attempts to understand this system itself, whereas other theories represent language as an abstraction based on analysis of the system's output, without any detailed attention to the actual human mind or brain. | ||
Revision as of 18:58, 28 June 2008
The linguistic information system or linguistic system is a sub-network of the human information system in the brain. This system is, in turn, divided into stratal systems. At the high end of this system is content, the network of concepts; at the low end is expression, the phonetic forms. As you go higher in the system, you find larger and larger inventories: The number of morphemes in a language is quite large in comparison with the number of phonemes; the number of lexemes is even greater; and the number of sememes or concepts is larger still. These emes, as understood by neurocognitive linguistics, are not items in the usual sense but just intersections of various relationships.
Neurocognitive linguistics attempts to understand this system itself, whereas other theories represent language as an abstraction based on analysis of the system's output, without any detailed attention to the actual human mind or brain.
Sources
- "Language as a Network of Relationships", in Language and Reality: Selected Writings of Sydney Lamb, Continuum, 2004.
- "Interview with Sydney Lamb" at LangBrain.
