Conceptualizing music : cognitive structure, theory, and analysis /

This text shows how work in cognitive science, especially that developed by cognitive linguists and cognitive psychologists can be used to explain how we understand music. The book focuses on three cognitive processes - categorization, cross-domain mapping, and the use of the conceptual model.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zbikowski, Lawrence Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series:AMS studies in music.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This text shows how work in cognitive science, especially that developed by cognitive linguists and cognitive psychologists can be used to explain how we understand music. The book focuses on three cognitive processes - categorization, cross-domain mapping, and the use of the conceptual model.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 360 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-352) and index.
ISBN:9780198032175
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