Cognition and Communication in the Evolution of Language
Anne (Senior Researcher, Senior Researcher, Institute for Cognitive Sciences-Marc Jeannerod, CNRS and University UCBL-Lyon 1) Reboul
Oxford University Press, 2017
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This book shows that language, though now routinely used for communication, actually primarily evolved as a system for thought. Anne Reboul proposes a new two-step approach whereby syntax first evolved as a language of thought, which was then externalized for communication due to social selection pressures.
- ISBN-13
- 9780198747314
- ISBN-10
- 0198747314
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2017
- Publication date
- 2017-03-16
- Pages
- 276
- Dimensions
- 164x360x23
- Weight
- 558