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An ecological alternative to a “sad response”: Public language use transcends the boundaries of the skin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2013

Carol A. Fowler*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269. carol.fowler@uconn.eduhttp://web2.uconn.edu/psychology/people/Faculty/Fowler/Fowler.html

Abstract

Embedding theories of language production and comprehension in theories of action-perception is realistic and highlights that production and comprehension processes are interleaved. However, layers of internal models that repeatedly predict future linguistic actions and perceptions are implausible. I sketch an ecological alternative whereby perceiver/actors are modeled as dynamical systems coupled to one another and to the environment.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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