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Blind men, elephants, and dancing information processors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Chris Westbury
Chris Westbury
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, [email protected] http://www.ualberta.ca/~chrisw/Westbury.html
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Abstract

Whatever else language may be, it is complex and multifaceted. Shanker & King (S&K) have tried to contrast a dynamic interactive view of language with an information processing view. I take issue with two main claims: first, that the dynamic interactive view of language is a “new paradigm” in either animal research or human language studies; and second, that the dynamic systems language-as-dance view of language is in any way incompatible with an information-processing view of language. That some information is defined in coregulated social interaction guarantees the dancing. That all information is composed of relevant differences guarantees the information processing.

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Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , October 2002 , pp. 645 - 646
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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