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Consciousness and the Cultural Invention of Language (Hardcover)
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Consciousness and the Cultural Invention of Language (Hardcover)
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This book studies the origins of language. It presents language as
the product of a unique non-linguistic cognitive feature (i.e.
metacognition) that emerged late in human evolution. Within this
framework, the author lays special emphasis on the tight links that
exist between language and consciousness, with the conviction that
the creation of language was ultimately made possible by the onset
of a new type of awareness that enabled the invention of words. The
volume studies the parallels between human cultural behaviour and
human language, discusses the motivational underpinnings that
favoured the emergence of language, and offers a possible
evolutionary timeline for the advent of language. It also addresses
the question of whether artificial intelligence will ever develop
the kind of thinking and language observable in humans. A unique
look into the beginnings of human language, this book will be
indispensable for students and researchers of language and
linguistics, language evolution, cultural studies, cognitive
linguistics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive science.
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