Understanding Noam Chomsky #15: Language and Emotion: Perfect Imperfections? (with Norbert Corver)

Описание: This conversation is part of the 'Understanding Noam Chomsky' Series ('Dare to know!' Philosophy Podcast). Today we are joined by Norbert Corver. Norbert Corver is Professor of Dutch Linguistics in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Communication at Utrecht University, and a member of the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS. He is one of the editors of the book series Studies in Generative Grammar, published by Mouton de Gruyter. He is also the co-author of 4 volumes of the Syntax of Dutch series (Amsterdam University Press), which synthesizes the currently available knowledge of the syntactic structure of Dutch (http://norbert.abelcorver.com/books/). Specifically, he contributed to the 3 volumes on Verbs and Verb Phrases (Volumes I, II, III) and the volume on Coordination and Ellipsis.

Lastly, he is the co-editor of various books on Generative Syntax, including the following:
• Corver, Norbert & Henk van Riemsdijk (2001). Semi-lexical categories. The function of content words and the content of function words. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/do...
• Cheng, Lisa Lai-Shen & Corver, Norbert (2006). WH-movement: moving on. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/244...
• Corver, Norbert & Jairo Nunes (2007). The Copy theory of movement. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
https://benjamins.com/catalog/la.107
• Cheng, Lisa Lai-Shen & Norbert Corver (2013). Diagnosing Syntax. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
https://global.oup.com/academic/produ...

GUEST INFO:
• http://norbert.abelcorver.com/
• https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/nfmcorver

ARTICLES (related to the topic of the podcast interview):
• Corver, Norbert (2014). Recursing in Dutch. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 32 (2), 423-457.
• Corver, Norbert (2016). Emotion in the build of Dutch - Deviation, augmentation and duplication. Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandse Taal-en Letterkunde (Journal of Dutch language and Literature), 132 (4), 232-275.
• Corver, Norbert (2021). On classifiers and affect in the nominal domain: Organizing ‘disorganization’. In A. Trotzke & X. Villalba (eds.), Expressive Meaning Across Linguistic Levels and Frameworks. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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HOST INFO:
Fabian Corver is the Host & Producer of the Dare to Know! Philosophy Podcast. Fabian earned a Master of Letters in Philosophy from University of Glasgow and a B.B.A. from Fontys University of Applied Sciences.

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:02 - Background
4:04 - Interface-approach Towards The Study of The Language Faculty
8:20 - Interaction Between The Emotion System and Language Faculty
14:22 - Decomposing Emotions
20:23 - ‘Perfect’ Interface-Design?
24:53 - Affective Linguistic Expressions: Deviations from Perfect Representations
28:37 - Degree of Grammaticalness
33:00 - Deviations From Expectation In Music
37:11 - Shannon’s Theory of Information
39:52 - Distinguishability & The Computational Perspective
45:46 - Perfect Imperfections?
55:51 - Intensity (Spinoza’s Strength of Emotion)
1:03:17 - Syntax of Complex Curse Expressions
1:09:40 - Cursing & Creative Aspect of Language Use
1:12:44 - Language Faculty, Emotion System, & Cognitive Science
1:23:35 - Future Research Directions
1:27:30 - How is ‘Manner’ Encoded in The Structural Build of Human Language?