Of Thoughts And Words: Relation Between Language And Mind – Proceedings Of Nobel Symposium 92, Stockholm, Sweden, 8-12 August, 1

Table Of Contents:

PrefaceOpening Address1A Cats Meow7A Mouses Defence. Discussion of Joseph Brodskys paper “”A Cats Meow””17Monstrous Intimacy. Of Literature as Experience. Discussion of Joseph Brodskys paper “”A Cats Meow””21The Invisible Intervention. Discussion of Joseph Brodskys paper “”A Cats Meow””27Ark33Creativity and Quality. Discussion of Joseph Brodskys paper “”A Cats Meow””37Summary of Session 1: Literature39On Language in Relation to the Evolution of Human Consciousness45Systems, Choices and Meanings. Discussion of M.A.K. Hallidays paper “”On Language in Relation to the Evolution of Human Consciousness””85Semiosis: Language(s), Texts/Discourses, and Grammar(s). Discussion of M.A.K. Hallidays paper “”On Language in Relation to the Evolution of Human Consciousness””89On the Cognitive Revolution. Discussion of M.A.K. Hallidays paper “”On Language in Relation to the Evolution of Human Consciousness””95Summary of Session 2: General Linguistics103Accessing the Mind through Language107When a Language Dies [from Route Tournante]124Minds, Modules and Evolution. Discussion of Wallace Chafes paper “”Accessing the Mind through Language””127And There was Snow, Chest High, at Tuolomne Meadows. Discussion of Wallace Chafes paper “”Accessing the Mind through Language””135Speaking about the Inner Environment. Discussion of Wallace Chafes paper “”Accessing the Mind through Language””143Summary of Session 3: Psycholinguistics153Language and the Brain: A Look at Brain Circuitry with Functional Brain Imaging157Practice and Repetition. Discussion of Marcus E. Raichles paper “”Language and the Brain: A Look at Brain Circuitry with Functional Brain Imaging””179Language and Consciousness – Neurolinguistic and Clinical Aspects. Discussion of Marcus E. Raichles paper “”Language and the Brain: A Look at Brain Circuitry with Functional Brain Imaging””183Understanding Understanding? Brain Imaging and Experimental Semantics. Discussion of Marcus E. Raichles paper193Summary of Session 4: Neurology207Speechstuff and Thoughtstuff. Musings on the Resonances Created by Words and Phrases via the Subliminal Perception of their Buried Parts217Language and Mind as Topics in Natural Science. Discussion of Douglas R. Hofstadters paper “”Speechstuff and Thoughtstuff. Musings on the Resonances Created by Words and Phrases via the Subliminal Perception of their Buried Parts””267Distortions. Discussion of Douglas R. Hofstadters paper “”Speechstuff and Thoughtstuff. Musings on the Resonances Created by Words and Phrases via the Subliminal Perception of their Buried Parts””283IT-ism. Discussion of Douglas R. Hofstadters paper “”Speechstuff and Thoughtstuff. Musings on the Resonances Created by Words and Phrases via the Subliminal Perception of their Buried Parts””287Summary of Session 5: Artificial Intelligence293Notes on the Contributors295