EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, COGNITION

The network society goes further than the information society, based on the wired Internet. In recent years, because of the hyper-connected society on the basis of Internet of things, Information processing, data processing, or computation extends to everything which happens in the universe. Because the computers have no intelligence of their own, they only function by the use of programs or algorithms to transform data. But individuals have different information-processing capacity, which means distinctive information overload point.

The overload point suggests that there might be problematic in terms of information processing specifically, with regard to the interpretation on human mind, nature, and society. Just like tons of variables in weather prediction, hyper-connected society and megacity seem to be engaged in a huge number of stakeholders. Due to such variables, misinterpretation leads to meaningless conflicts in our community.

Accordingly, it is not helpful for the generation of quantum mechanics to use the term ‘ethnic spirit’ with the emotional aspects in the 19th century, but helpful for them to get access to the new interpretation of circumstances.

However, ordinary people mistakenly believe that ignoring any conceptual element is somewhat free will. In retrospect, the misconceptions seem to be the fallout of the education system which has already had a significant impact on our mindset. Abstaining from reading books for all kinds of tests, the students meanwhile need to alienate themselves from solving the multiple-choice questions for the ironical purpose of their keeping conscience and protecting the pure soul.

To take an approach to a basic principle in terms of human mind and nature, this book as the new initiatives copes with a philosophical issue, and fundamental issues of linguistics, cognitive linguistics.

This book is well organized around the core four domains, namely: Cognitive Linguistics, Linguistics, Syntax, and Applied Linguistics. Each of these research areas will be studied on the specific topics: the Poverty of the Stimulus, Cognitive Capacity, Wh-movement and Cognition, Linguistic Analogy, Embodiment by Metaphor, Modularity, Relativized Minimality, Case, Merge, Modality.