Language, Mind and Body A Conceptual History |
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| Author:
| Joseph, John E. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-316-60395-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2020 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $41.99 |
Book Description:
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This book explores various attempts throughout the history of linguistics to explain language in terms of the body, and how these attempts contribute to, and challenge, the more mainstream, mind-based accounts of language. Covering linguistics, philosophy, psychology and medicine, as well as literary and religious dimensions, it explores the question: where is language?
This book explores various attempts throughout the history of linguistics to explain language in terms of the body, and how these attempts contribute to, and challenge, the more mainstream, mind-based accounts of language. Covering linguistics, philosophy, psychology and medicine, as well as literary and religious dimensions, it explores the question: where is language?