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A user's guide to thought and meaning / (Record no. 6767)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199693207
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Original cataloging agency Sai University Library
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082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 153
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100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Jackendoff, Ray,
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A user's guide to thought and meaning /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Ray Jackendoff ; with illustrations by Neil Cohn, Bill Griffith, and others.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 274 pages :
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Dimensions 24 cm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Originally published in paperback in 2015.
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General note Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning presents a profound and arresting integration of the faculties of the mind - of how we think, speak, and see the world. Ray Jackendoff starts out by looking at languages and what the meanings of words and sentences actually do. He shows that meanings are more adaptive and complicated than they're commonly given credit for, and he is led to some basic questions: How do we perceive and act in the world? How do we talk about it? And how can the collection of neurons in the brain give rise to conscious experience? As it turns out, the organization of language
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Meaning (Philosophy)
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Thought and thinking.
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Genre/form data or focus term Nonfiction.
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Personal name Cohn, Neil,
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Personal name Griffith, Bill,
Relator term illustrator
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Non-fiction Sai University Library Sai University Library 2025-06-16 Gifted by Jamshed Bharucha   153 JAC G2936 2025-06-16 2025-06-16 Gifted Books
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