Prakash Mondal
Biographic Data
| ID | 940955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Prakash Mondal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Prakash |
| FAMILY NAME | Mondal |
| SIGNATURE | MONDAL P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7529-8003 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A semantic constraint on the variation in meanings of reduplicative constructions
This paper proposes a semantic constraint that can account for the meaning variation that the phenomenon of reduplication expresses across languages. The constraint adopts a unified meaning representation that integrates formal and conceptual-cognitive aspects of linguistic meaning and this helps in understanding the relationship between the meanings of reduplicated forms and those of non-reduplicated forms. This makes way for a neutral and yet i…
On the relations over representations of linguistic structure and grammars
A familiar and fairly well-known distinction exists between a derivational type of grammar (for example, mainstream Generative Grammar) and a representational type of grammar (Lexical-Functional Grammar, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, etc.). As far as the derivational type is concerned, the derivational process goes on in an incremental manner through a series of structural alterations involving structural constraints, whereas in the case …
On the unified representation of continuity and discontinuity and its neurocognitive grounding
Discontinuity in natural language is characterized by the linear disruption of a continuous string of linguistic expressions forming a constituent. While dependency relations in Dependency Grammar (DG) can capture discontinuity well, phrase-structure-based approaches such as Phrase Structure Grammar (PSG) face difficulty in accommodating discontinuity. Categorial Grammar (CG) has correspondences with PSG, although it can handle discontinuity, if …
A Critical Perspective on the (Neuro)biological Foundations of Language and Linguistic Cognition
Towards a unified representation of linguistic meaning
Natural language meaning has properties of both cognitive representations and formal/mathematical structures. But it is not clear how they actually relate to one another. The central aim of this article is to show that properties of cognitive representations and formal/mathematical structures of natural language meaning, albeit apparently divergent, can be united, as far as the basic properties of semantic structures are concerned. Thus, this art…
Meaning Relations, Syntax, and Understanding
The mental representation of sounds in speech sound disorders
The objective of this study is to investigate facets of the human phonological system in an attempt to elucidate the special nature of mental representations and operations underlying some of the errors in speech sound disorders (SSDs). After examining different theories on the mental representations of sounds and their organization in SSDs, we arrive at the conclusion that the existing elucidations on the phonological representations do not suff…
How linguistic meaning harmonizes with information through meaning conservation
This paper aims to characterize the relationship between information as defined in the information-theoretic approach and linguistic meaning by way of formulation of computations over the lexicon of a natural language. Information in its information theoretic sense is supposed not to be equivalent to linguistic meaning, whereas linguistic meaning has an intrinsic connection to information as far as the form and structure of the lexicon of a langu…
How the intentionality of emotion can be traced to the intensionality of emotion: Intensionality in emotive predicates
In this paper a connection between intentionality, intensionality, language and emotion will be drawn up through a demonstration of an intimate relationship between the intentionality of emotion and intensionality in language. What will be shown is that the intentionality of emotion can ultimately be traced to the intensionality of emotional contexts. For this purpose, emotive predicates will be categorized in terms of their intensional behavior …
How does the faculty of language relate to rules, axioms, and constraints
This paper explores the link between rules of grammar, grammar formalisms and the architecture of the language faculty. In doing so, it provides a flexible meta-level theory of the language faculty through the postulation of general axioms that govern the interaction of different components of grammar. The idea is simply that such an abstract formulation allows us to view the structure of the language faculty independently of specific theoretical…
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How the intentionality of emotion can be traced to the intensionality of emotion: Intensionality in emotive predicates
In this paper a connection between intentionality, intensionality, language and emotion will be drawn up through a demonstration of an intimate relationship between the intentionality of emotion and intensionality in language. What will be shown is that the intentionality of emotion can ultimately be traced to the intensionality of emotional contexts. For this purpose, emotive predicates will be categorized in terms of their intensional behavior …
How does the faculty of language relate to rules, axioms, and constraints
This paper explores the link between rules of grammar, grammar formalisms and the architecture of the language faculty. In doing so, it provides a flexible meta-level theory of the language faculty through the postulation of general axioms that govern the interaction of different components of grammar. The idea is simply that such an abstract formulation allows us to view the structure of the language faculty independently of specific theoretical…
How linguistic meaning harmonizes with information through meaning conservation
This paper aims to characterize the relationship between information as defined in the information-theoretic approach and linguistic meaning by way of formulation of computations over the lexicon of a natural language. Information in its information theoretic sense is supposed not to be equivalent to linguistic meaning, whereas linguistic meaning has an intrinsic connection to information as far as the form and structure of the lexicon of a langu…
The mental representation of sounds in speech sound disorders
The objective of this study is to investigate facets of the human phonological system in an attempt to elucidate the special nature of mental representations and operations underlying some of the errors in speech sound disorders (SSDs). After examining different theories on the mental representations of sounds and their organization in SSDs, we arrive at the conclusion that the existing elucidations on the phonological representations do not suff…
Meaning Relations, Syntax, and Understanding
Towards a unified representation of linguistic meaning
Natural language meaning has properties of both cognitive representations and formal/mathematical structures. But it is not clear how they actually relate to one another. The central aim of this article is to show that properties of cognitive representations and formal/mathematical structures of natural language meaning, albeit apparently divergent, can be united, as far as the basic properties of semantic structures are concerned. Thus, this art…
On the unified representation of continuity and discontinuity and its neurocognitive grounding
Discontinuity in natural language is characterized by the linear disruption of a continuous string of linguistic expressions forming a constituent. While dependency relations in Dependency Grammar (DG) can capture discontinuity well, phrase-structure-based approaches such as Phrase Structure Grammar (PSG) face difficulty in accommodating discontinuity. Categorial Grammar (CG) has correspondences with PSG, although it can handle discontinuity, if …
A Critical Perspective on the (Neuro)biological Foundations of Language and Linguistic Cognition
On the relations over representations of linguistic structure and grammars
A familiar and fairly well-known distinction exists between a derivational type of grammar (for example, mainstream Generative Grammar) and a representational type of grammar (Lexical-Functional Grammar, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, etc.). As far as the derivational type is concerned, the derivational process goes on in an incremental manner through a series of structural alterations involving structural constraints, whereas in the case …
A semantic constraint on the variation in meanings of reduplicative constructions
This paper proposes a semantic constraint that can account for the meaning variation that the phenomenon of reduplication expresses across languages. The constraint adopts a unified meaning representation that integrates formal and conceptual-cognitive aspects of linguistic meaning and this helps in understanding the relationship between the meanings of reduplicated forms and those of non-reduplicated forms. This makes way for a neutral and yet i…
Computer Science (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Cognitive science (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works)