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Louder than words (Record no. 565228)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780465028290
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Transcribing agency IIT Kanpur
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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Classification number 153
Item number B453l
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Personal name Bergen, Benjamin K.
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Title Louder than words
Remainder of title the new science of how the mind makes meaning
Statement of responsibility, etc Benjamin K Bergen
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Name of publisher Basic Books
Year of publication 2012
Place of publication New York
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Number of Pages xi, 296p
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Summary, etc Whether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning- a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else's mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things- from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger Federer's backhand to things that don't exist at all, like flying pigs. And when you talk, your listener fills in lots of details you didn't mention- the curliness of the dog's fur or the vast statuary on the grounds of the French palace. What's the trick behind this magic? How does meaning work? In Louder than Words, cognitive scientist Benjamin Bergen draws together a decade's worth of research in psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience to offer a new theory of how our minds make meaning. When we hear words and sentences, Bergen contends, we engage the parts of our brain that we use for perception and action, repurposing these evolutionarily older networks to create simulations in our minds. These embodied simulations, as they're called, are what make it possible for us to become better baseball players by merely visualizing a well-executed swing what allows us to remember which cupboard the diapers are in without looking, and what makes it so hard to talk on a cell phone while we're driving on the highway. Meaning is more than just knowing definitions of words, as others have previously argued. In understanding language, our brains engage in a creative process of constructing rich mental worlds in which we see, hear, feel, and act. Through whimsical examples and ingenious experiments, Bergen leads us on a virtual tour of the new science of embodied cognition. A brilliant account of our human capacity to understand language, Louder than Words will profoundly change how you read, speak, and listen.
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Topical Term Meaning (Psychology)
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        General Stacks PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur 13/06/2022 102 1707.33 153 B453l A185736 2336.00 Books

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