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Robert Port

Disciplines:
cognitive science
language/linguistics

Summary

American linguist who has applied dynamical systems theory to speech perception and phonology.

Core Contribution

Mind as Motion (with van Gelder): contributed to the dynamical systems approach to cognitive science, arguing that speech perception and production are best understood as dynamical processes.

Notable Works & Achievements

Mind as Motion

Historical Influences

Timothy van Gelder Francisco Varela

Intellectual Lineage

Cognitive Linguistics Cognitive Science

Contemporaries & Peers

Timothy van Gelder

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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