Language and Thought / Sprache und Denken
Referatsliste
03.11.2014
Meaning in cognitive science
Presentation 1A: How are concepts organised in the mind?
Presentation 1B: Concepts as combinations
10.11.2014
What is grounding – and why is it necessary?
Presentation 2A: The symbol grounding problem
Presentation 2B: Symbolic system vs symbol groundin
17.11.2014
Empirical evidence for grounding
Presentation 3A: Konzeptuelles Wissen und Sprache am Beispiel der Aphasie und der Semantischen Demenz
Presentation 3B: Brain evidence for grounding of language in action
24.11.2014
The ‘embodiment debate’
Presentation 4A: Does the evidence indeed support grounding and ‘embodiment’ of meaning?
Presentation 4B: Action perception theory and the embodiment debate
01.12.2014
Introduction to theory and data on linguistic relativity
Presentation 5A: The relationship between language and thought in literature
Presentation 5B: Grandfathers of linguistic relativity: Humboldt, Boas, Sapir, Whorf
08.12.2014
Linguistic relativity in current cognitive and linguistic science
Presentation 6A: Would people speaking different languages think differently?
Presentation 6B: What thoughts are made of
Presentation 6C: Online influences as linguistic habituation
Presentation 6D: Online influences as neuronal feedback circuits
15.12.2014
Objects, substances, & object categorization
Presentation 7A: Objects versus substances in conceptualizing the material world
Presentation 7B: Object categorization a – EEG
Presentation 7C: Object categorization b – behavioral
05.01.2015
Space & spatial relations
Presentation 8A: Frames of reference in conceptualizing space
Presentation 8B: Spatial relations of objects
12.01.2015
Time & motion
Presentation 9A: Conception of time in terms of space
Presentation 9B: Motion language and event perceptions and memory
19.01.2015
Color
Presentation 10A: Categorical effects of color terms on perception – behavioural evidence
Presentation 10B: Categorical effects of color terms on perception – neurophysiological evidence
26.01.2015
Emotions & mental states
Presentation 11A: Emotional facial expressions
Presentation 11B: Language and children’s theory of mind