In this paper, we outline the embodied perspective of language comprehension indicating some of its limitations. We claim that the notions of language as tool-chest (Wittgenstein, 1953), and the notion of words as tools (Clark, 2006a, 2006b), might be useful to overcome a view focused only on referential aspects of language. Words, in quality of tools, can: a. facilitate communication among speakers; b. influence categorization; c. have a different impact on concrete and abstract words; d. increase our memory; e. allow us to construct an inner speech. Finally, we discuss how thinking about language as tool can help inform future research on thought, language, and body.
Linguistic tools for embodied mind / Liuzza, M. T.; Borghi, ANNA MARIA; Cimatti, F.. - In: RIVISTA ITALIANA DI FILOSOFIA DEL LINGUAGGIO. - ISSN 2036-6728. - 6:(2012), pp. 43-58. [10.4396/20120704]
Linguistic tools for embodied mind
BORGHI, ANNA MARIA;
2012
Abstract
In this paper, we outline the embodied perspective of language comprehension indicating some of its limitations. We claim that the notions of language as tool-chest (Wittgenstein, 1953), and the notion of words as tools (Clark, 2006a, 2006b), might be useful to overcome a view focused only on referential aspects of language. Words, in quality of tools, can: a. facilitate communication among speakers; b. influence categorization; c. have a different impact on concrete and abstract words; d. increase our memory; e. allow us to construct an inner speech. Finally, we discuss how thinking about language as tool can help inform future research on thought, language, and body.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
