Locating meaning in interaction, not in the brain

Author(s): Carpendale, J. I. M.

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1999; 22: 40 West 20Th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA. Cambridge Univ Press. 304+.

Abstract: Pulvermuller's attempt to link language with brain activity appears to depend on the assumption that words have context-independent meanings. An examination of everyday talk contradicts this assumption. The meaning that speakers convey depends riot only on word content, but also, and importantly on the location of a ''word'' in an ongoing sequence of turns in talk.

Note: Editorial Turnbull W, Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Psychol, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CANADA

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