An alternative view of the mental lexicon Export

@article{citeulike:340004, abstract = {An essential aspect of knowing language is knowing the words of that language. This knowledge is usually thought to reside in the mental lexicon, a kind of dictionary that contains information regarding a word's meaning, pronunciation, syntactic characteristics, and so on. In this article, a very different view is presented. In this view, words are understood as stimuli that operate directly on mental states. The phonological, syntactic and semantic properties of a word are revealed by the effects it has on those states.}, author = {Elman, Jeffrey L.}, citeulike-article-id = {340004}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2004.05.003}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1364661304001366}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VH9-4CJ49XY-3/2/172033cce0c6bfadc356662d208ffa03}, comment = {We are getting close... Last sentences of the conclusion: "Or, to paraphrase Dave Rumelhart words do not have meaning, they are cues to meaning. On the face of it, this might seem to demote the role of any given word in determining the meaning of utterances, but in fact it gives it far greater potential for interacting flexibly with other cues. Understanding the often systematic and sometimes idiosyncratic effects of these cues remains the challenge. It is here that computational models might help to lead us to more precise and formal theories." }, doi = {10.1016/j.tics.2004.05.003}, journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences}, keywords = {concepts, language}, month = {July}, number = {7}, pages = {301--306}, posted-at = {2005-12-08 18:01:38}, priority = {0}, title = {An alternative view of the mental lexicon}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2004.05.003}, volume = {8}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:340004 L3 - citeulike-article-id:340004 N2 - An essential aspect of knowing language is knowing the words of that language. This knowledge is usually thought to reside in the mental lexicon, a kind of dictionary that contains information regarding a word's meaning, pronunciation, syntactic characteristics, and so on. In this article, a very different view is presented. In this view, words are understood as stimuli that operate directly on mental states. The phonological, syntactic and semantic properties of a word are revealed by the effects it has on those states. IS - 7 JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences EP - 306 TI - An alternative view of the mental lexicon VL - 8 SP - 301 KW - concepts KW - language N1 - We are getting close... Last sentences of the conclusion: "Or, to paraphrase Dave Rumelhart words do not have meaning, they are cues to meaning. On the face of it, this might seem to demote the role of any given word in determining the meaning of utterances, but in fact it gives it far greater potential for interacting flexibly with other cues. Understanding the often systematic and sometimes idiosyncratic effects of these cues remains the challenge. It is here that computational models might help to lead us to more precise and formal theories." AU - Elman, Jeffrey PY - 2004/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2004.05.003 ER -