Ten lectures on the representation of events in language, perception, memory, and action control / / Jeffrey M. Zacks.

The representation of events is a central topic for cognitive science. In this series of lectures, Jeffrey M. Zacks situates event representations and their role in language within a theory of perception and memory. Event representations have a distinctive structure and format that result from compu...

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Superior document:Distinguished lectures in cognitive linguistics ; Volume 22
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Distinguished lectures in cognitive linguistics ; Volume 22.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Note on Supplementary Material
  • Preface by the Series Editor
  • Preface by the Author
  • About the Author
  • 1 The Importance of Events in Conception and Language
  • 2 The Structure and Format of Event Representations
  • 3 Event Segmentation Theory and the Segmentation of Visual Events
  • 4 The Segmentation of Narrative Events
  • 5 Neural Correlates of Event Segmentation
  • 6 Prediction in Event Comprehension
  • 7 Updating Event Models
  • 8 The Event Horizon Model and Long-Term Memory
  • 9 Event Cognition in Aging and Early Alzheimer’s Disease
  • 10 Event Representations from Cinema and Narrative Fiction
  • Bibliography
  • About the Series Editor
  • Websites for Cognitive Linguistics and CIFCL Speakers.