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Author Borghi, Anna M., author

Title The freedom of words : abstractness and the power of language / Anna M. Borghi
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages) : illustrations
Contents The power of language. Language as a physical tool -- Language as an inner/cognitive tool -- Language as a social tool -- Evolving language in interaction -- On abstractness and language. Different varieties of abstract concepts -- Abstractness and language as a physical tool -- Abstractness and language as an inner tool -- Abstractness and language as a social tool
Summary "This volume explores how language, and particularly abstract language, shapes our thought. Academic researchers and graduate students in philosophy of language and cognitive sciences will benefit"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 27, 2023)
Subject Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Abstraction.
Psycholinguistics.
abstraction.
psycholinguistics.
Abstraction
Language and languages -- Philosophy
Psycholinguistics
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022060072
ISBN 9781108913294
1108913296
Other Titles Abstractness and the power of language