Podcast episode 56: Nick Enfield on linguistic signs and concepts

In this interview, we talk to Nick Enfield about his research into the connections between linguistic signs and concepts.

Nick Enfield quote: "Word meanings are not just concepts, but concepts made public."

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Intro and outro: Von Wegen Lisbeth, “Podcast

Image from Nick Enfield’s website

References for Episode 56

Enfield, Nick J. (2022), “Linguistic concepts are self-generating choice architectures”, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 378: 20210352. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0352

Langacker, Ronald W. (1987), Foundations of Cognitive Grammar, 2 vols. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Makkreel, Rudolf (2021), “Wilhelm Dilthey”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2021/entries/dilthey/

Ogden, Charles Kay, and Ivor Armstrong Richards (1956 [1923]), The Meaning of Meaning, London: Kegan Paul.

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