Cognitive Morphodynamics: Dynamical Morphological Models of Constituency in Perception and Syntax

By: Jean Petitot

This book - written in collaboration with Ren Doursat, director of the Complex Systems Institute, Paris - adds a new dimension to Cognitive Grammars. It provides a rigorous, operational mathematical foundation, which draws from topology, geometry and dynamical systems to model iconic image-schemas and conceptual archetypes. It defends the thesis that Ren Thom's morphodynamics is especially well suited to the task and allows to transform the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034304757
• ISBN13: 9783034304757
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"