On the Genesis of Thought and Language / / Alexey Koshelev.

In On the Genesis of Thought and Language, linguist Alexey Koshelev explores fundamental questions of how human concepts arise in a child, why concepts appear in a child before words, the genesis of language, and why there are so many languages. Chapter One introduces the fundamental dichotomy “visu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (238 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • In lieu of a foreword
  • Chapter 1. The evolutionary-synthetic approach and its concepts
  • Chapter 2. The genesis of human concepts and propositions. The initial stage of language. Aristotle and Chomsky on thought and language
  • Chapter 3. The effect of culture on language: The case of the Amazonian tribe Pirahã
  • References
  • Name index
  • Subject index
  • Lexical index