Language Diversity and Cognitive Representations -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Semantic variationsand invariance: Cognitive issues -- Diversity in Linguistic Representations A Challenge for Cognition -- 1. Language and languages: Unity and diversity -- 2. Variation and invariance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Cognitive Invariants and Linguistic Variability From Units to Utterance -- Introduction -- 1. Variability of representations at the level of the meaningful units -- 2. From units to utterance: The dynamics of meaning -- 3. The utterance: Formal sequencing and non-linear semantic effects -- Conclusion -- References -- Subjectivity, Invariance, and the Development of Forms in the Construction of Linguistic Representations -- Introduction -- 1. Markers, invariant elements, and representations: The example of Vietnamese phài -- 2. Differentiation of meaning, or chance and necessity in the construction of representations: The example of (ga-)mōtan -- 3. Aspects of the notion of 'representational construct': The example of French tôt -- 4. Representations as complex constructs: On German vielleicht and diverse equivalents -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Language Evolution and Semantic Representations A Case Study of the Evolutionfrom "Subjectivity" to "Objectivity"in French -- 1. Historical linguistics: Questions about linguistic change -- 2. A case of morphological reorganization: The evolution of demonstratives in French -- 3. The extension to two other cases, and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II. Conceptualization andrepresentations of spaceacross languages -- Spatial Orientationin some Austronesian Languages -- Introduction -- 1. Absolute and relative spatial orientation -- 2. Directional systems in Western Austronesian.

3. Directional systems in the Oceanic Area -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Language Space and Sociolect Cognitive Correlates of Gendered Speech in Mopan Maya -- Introduction -- 1. Cross-linguistic variation in the encoding of spatial information -- 2. Universal strategies: Figure and Ground only -- 3. Mopan speakers and the picture description task -- 4. The Mirror Image task -- 5. Discussion of gender -- 6. Gender and spatial language in Mopan -- 7. Discussion and conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Localization and Predication Ancient Greek and various other Languages -- Introduction -- 1. The continuum of preposition-adverbs in Ancient Greek -- 2. The continuum of the development of local expressions -- 3. Continua of local relations across languages -- 4. Localization and predication - centralized and decentralized -- Conclusion -- Epilog -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- The Expression of Spatial Relations and the Spatialization of Semantic Relations in French Sign Language -- Introduction -- 1. The process of ¡conization for deaf individuals -- 2. Iconic intent and great iconicity -- 3. The construction of reference exclusive of iconic intent -- 4. Iconicity and language as systems of differentiation -- 5. Sign languages as cognitive languages -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Part III. Language activity: From linguisticto cognitive processes -- From Natural Language to Drum Language An Economical Encoding Procedure in Banda-Linda (Central African Republic) -- Introduction -- 1. The principles of encoding -- 2. How decoding takes place -- 3. Recovery of the message as a cognitive process -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Electrical Signs of Language in the Brain -- Introduction -- 1. The brain's electrical activity -- 2. What can we learn from ERPs? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Linguistic Variations and Cognitive Constraints in the Processing and the Acquisition of Language -- Introduction -- 1. Off-line principles of sentence processing -- 2. On-line principles of sentence processing -- 3. Final remarks -- References -- Universal vs Language-Specific Constraints in Agrammatic Aphasia Is comparatism back? -- Introduction -- 1. Agrammatism: From the description of symptoms to their interpretation -- 2. The case for a cross-linguistic description and interpretation of agrammatic symptoms -- 3. What kind of deficit? -- 4. By way of a conclusion... -- Notes -- References -- Schizophasia and Cognitive Dysfunction -- Introduction -- 1. Indeterminacy of meaning in schizophrenic speech -- 2. Examples of schizophrenic discourse breaks -- 3. A cognitive hypothesis for a motor control disorder in schizophrenia -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Subject index -- Author index -- Language index.