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"This book presents an elaborated argument for why functionalism, as well as other dematerialized and disembodied theories of mind, can't be right. In discussing the question of whether or not we are just material beings, Hilary Putnam once claimed that "we could be made of Swiss cheese and it wouldn't matter." Fifty years later, functionalism still reigns, and the psychological irrelevance of the materiality of our bodies remains a hardwired assumption of Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science. As this book shows, the idea of the possibility of a disembodied mind is rooted in a philosophical depreciation of the particular in favor of the abstract, an attitude which runs through Western philosophy as a red thread. The Embodiment of Meaning demonstrates how this privileging of the immaterial-abstract over the material-particular is not only untenable from a logical-philosophical point of view; it also runs counter to a basic fact of human psychology itself: rather than being irrelevant, the world precisely matters most in its material particularity. In addition to offering a thoroughgoing criticism of the Platonic-functionalist "abstract-over-particular" idea, the book aims to substantially contribute to a less ambiguous understanding of the various ways in which "matter matters.""--

Philosophical anthropology --- Cognitive psychology --- Theory of knowledge --- Cognition --- Meaning (philosophy) --- Meaning (psychology) --- Philosophy of mind

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This is an open access book. AICoLLiM is the annual conference on the area of language, literature and media. It provides a forum for presenting and discussing the expanding paradigm, latest innovations, results and developments in language, literature and media. The conference provides a forum for lecturers, students, researchers, practitioners and media professionals engaged in research and development to share ideas, interact with others, present their latest works, and strengthen the collaboration among academics, researcher and professionals.

Language and languages. --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Llenguatge i llengües

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Increasing globalization presents both challenges and opportunities to the higher education sector. This pioneering book shows how interaction between the two fields of foreign language pedagogy and second language acquisition (SLA) can facilitate more effective language development at an advanced level. Establishing a new research agenda to describe, assess, and study high-level language use, it uses mixed-methods analyses within a sociocognitive framework to explore constructs such as second language (L2) identity and critical language awareness as essential components of multilingualism and global citizenship. It approaches L2 advancedness from multiple perspectives, examining the L2 learner and their understanding of advanced language use, highlighting individual differences among foreign-language professionals regarding high-level language use, positing the need for unified departmental missions, and analysing alternative constructs to assess L2 advancedness. Throughout, analyses of quantitative and qualitative data are used to demonstrate the multiple dimensions of advanced second language use in higher education.

Language and languages --- Second language acquisition. --- Study and teaching (Higher) --- Second language learning --- Language acquisition --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics

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In the first extended discussion of the hypothesis for 20 years, contributors from both sides of the debate draw on examples from a range of languages and discuss the place of direct compositionality in generative grammar.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Semantics. --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Language and languages --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Syntax --- Syntax. --- Semantics --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax

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This is an open access book. The 5th ICLLE will be held in Padang, Indonesia in July 27th, 2022. The conference aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, and professinals from the industry, academia and government to discourse on research and development, professional practice in linguistics, literature and education.

Language and languages --- Sociolinguistics --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Study and teaching --- Social aspects --- Sociolingüística