Language and thought : interdisciplinary themes

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Author:

Carruthers, Peter, 1952-

ISBN:

9780521631082

9780521637589

Publication Information:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Physical Description:

xiv, 324 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Introduction : opening up options / Thought before language : the expression of motion events prior to the impact of a conventional language model / Prerequisites for language acquisition : evidence from cases of anomalous language development / Some thoughts about the evolution of LADS, with special reference to TOM and SAM / Thinking in language? evolution and a modularist possibility / Aphasic language, aphasic thought : an investigation of propositional thinking in an a-propositional aphasic / Representing representations / Magic words : how language augments human computation / MAPSping between the mental and the public lexicon / Convention-based semantics and the development of language / Language, thought and the language of thought (Aunty's own argument revisited) / Natural language and virtual belief / Meta-intentional nature of executive functions and theory of mind / Reflections on language and mind

Subject Term:

Language and languages -- Philosophy.

Thought and thinking.

Language acquisition.

Reasoning.

Psycholinguistics.

Added Author:

Carruthers, Peter, 1952-

Boucher, Jill.

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Summary

What is the place of language in human cognition? Do we sometimes think in natural language? Or is language for purposes of interpersonal communication only? Although these questions have been much debated in the past, they have almost dropped from sight in recent decades amongst those interested in the cognitive sciences. Language and Thought is intended to persuade such people to think again. It brings together essays by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers and psychologists, who discuss various ways in which language may be implicated in human cognition. The editors have provided an introduction which lays out the basic terms and history of the debate, and a consolidated bibliography which will provide a valuable reference resource for all those interested in this area. The volume will be of great interest to all researchers and students interested in language and its place in cognition.