The Origin of Language as a Product of the Evolution of Modern Cognition
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGES: APPROACHES, MODELS, PARADIGMS, Bernard Laks, ed., Equinox. March 2008
37 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2010 Last revised: 23 Feb 2010
Date Written: February 21, 2008
Abstract
Further work on the origin of language as derivative of the origin of double-scope conceptual integration. Based on chapter 9 of The Way We Think.
Keywords: Origin Language, Cognitive Science, Blending, Conceptual Integration
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Fauconnier, Gilles and Turner, Mark B., The Origin of Language as a Product of the Evolution of Modern Cognition (February 21, 2008). ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGES: APPROACHES, MODELS, PARADIGMS, Bernard Laks, ed., Equinox. March 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1556533
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