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Locating meaning in interaction, not in the brain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

William Turnbull  and
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale
William Turnbull
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 1S6 turnbull@sfu.cajcarpend@sfu.ca
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 1S6 turnbull@sfu.cajcarpend@sfu.ca
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Abstract

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Pulvermüller'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 not only on word content, but also, and importantly, on the location of a “word” in an ongoing sequence of turns in talk.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 304 - 305
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press