Cognitive–conceptual development and the acquisition of grammatical morphemes: the development of time concepts and verb tense

The Missouri Automated Radiology System recently passed its tenth year of clinical operation at the University of Missouri. This article presents the views of a radiologist who has been instrumental in the conceptual development and administrative support of MARS for most of this period, an economist who evaluated MARS from 1972 to 1974 as part of her doctoral dissertation, and a computer scientist who has worked for two years in the development of a Standard MUMPS version of MARS. The first section provides a historical perspective. The second deals with economic considerations of the present MARS system, and suggests those improvements which offer the greatest economic benefits. The final section discusses the new approaches employed in the latest version of MARS, as well as areas for further application in the overall radiology and hospital environment. A complete bibliography on MARS is provided for further reading.

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His Lordship's -ship and the King of Golfdom. Against a purely functional analysis of suffixhood

WORD Structure ◽

10.3366/e1750124510000474 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Heike Baeskow

Keyword(s):

Functional Analysis ◽

Conceptual Knowledge ◽

Semantic Information ◽

Word Formation ◽

Distributed Morphology ◽

Word Class ◽

Formation Processes ◽

Functional Elements ◽

Grammatical Morphemes ◽

Independent Model

For many decades there has been a consensus among linguists of various schools that derivational suffixes function not only to determine the word-class of the complex expressions they form, but also convey semantic information. The aspect of suffix-inherent meaning is ignored by representatives of a relatively new theoretical direction – Neo-Construction Grammar – who consider derivational suffixes to be either purely functional elements of the grammar or meaningless phonological realizations of abstract grammatical morphemes. The latter view is maintained by adherents of Distributed Morphology, who at the same time emphasize the importance of conceptual knowledge for derivational processes without attempting to define this aspect. The purpose of this study is first of all to provide support for the long-standing assumption that suffixes are inherently meaningful. The focus of interest is on the suffixes -ship, -dom and -hood. Data from Old English and Modern English (including neologisms) will show that these suffixes have developed rich arrays of meaning which cannot be structurally derived. Moreover, since conceptual knowledge is indeed an important factor for word-formation processes, a concrete, theory-independent model for the representation of the synchronically observable meaning components associated with -ship, -dom and -hood will be proposed.

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How to grow a self: development of the self in a Bayesian brain

10.31234/osf.io/6e3ad ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Mateusz Wozniak

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Development ◽

Human Life ◽

Predictive Coding ◽

Body Representation ◽

Developmental Trajectory ◽

The Self ◽

Learning Mechanisms ◽

Bayesian Brain ◽

Third Person ◽

Complex Forms

The last two decades have brought several attempts to explain the self as a part of the Bayesian brain, typically within the framework of predictive coding. However, none of these attempts have looked comprehensively at the developmental aspect of self-representation. The goal of this paper is to argue that looking at the developmental trajectory is crucial for understanding the structure of an adult self-representation. The paper argues that the emergence of the self should be understood as an instance of conceptual development, which in the context of a Bayesian brain can be understood as a process of acquisition of new internal models of hidden causes of sensory input. The paper proposes how such models might emerge and develop over the course of human life by looking at different stages of development of bodily and extra-bodily self-representations. It argues that the self arises gradually in a series of discrete steps: from first-person multisensory representations of one’s body to third-person multisensory body representation, and from basic forms of the extended and social selves to progressively more complex forms of abstract self-representation. It discusses how each of them might emerge based on domain-general learning mechanisms, while also taking into account the potential role of innate representations. Finally it suggests how the conceptual structure of self-representation might inform the debate about the structure of self-consciousness.

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Modelling Conceptual Development: A computational Account of Conservation Learning

10.21236/ada225800 ◽

1990 ◽

Author(s):

Tony Simon

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Development

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Pharmaceutical Formulations to Increase Gastric Residence Time: Concepts and Strategies

Drug Delivery Letters ◽

10.2174/2210303107666170428102247 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Praveen Radhakrishnan ◽

Sandeep K. Singh ◽

Priya R.P. Verma

Keyword(s):

Residence Time ◽

Pharmaceutical Formulations ◽

Gastric Residence Time ◽

Time Concepts

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Espaço, Tempo e Modernidade

GEOgraphia ◽

10.22409/geographia2000.23.a13374 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 51

Author(s):

Gilvan Luiz Hansen

Keyword(s):

Modern Philosophy ◽

Space Time ◽

Space And Time ◽

Time Concepts

Resumo Este artigo é uma discussão introdutória acerca da importância das concepções de espaço e tempo na modernidade. O objetivo deste texto é enfatizar os aspectos teóricos e práticos dos conceitos de espaço e tempo, mediante a apresentação de três perspectivas de interpretação desta questão na filosofia desenvolvida na modernidade. Palavras-chave: Modernidade, Espaço, Tempo, Filosofia Moderna, J. Habermas.Abstract This article is an introductory debate about the importance of space and time conceptions in modernity. The objective from this text is emphasize the theoretical and practical aspects of space and time concepts, by presentation of three interpretation perspectives of this question in the philosophy developed in modernity. Keywords: Modernity, Space, Time, Modern Philosophy, J. Habermas.

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