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Semantics in the brain’s lexicon — Some preliminary remarks on its epistemology

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Current Issues in Computational Linguistics: In Honour of Don Walker

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A discussion of basic properties of a new, neurobiologically motivated linguistics based formally on dynamical systems theorizing rather than on combinatorial symbolic structuring.

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Schnelle, H. (1994). Semantics in the brain’s lexicon — Some preliminary remarks on its epistemology. In: Zampolli, A., Calzolari, N., Palmer, M. (eds) Current Issues in Computational Linguistics: In Honour of Don Walker. Linguistica Computazionale, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-35958-8_18

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