Language as a source of abstract concepts: Comment on "Words as social tools: Language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts" by Anna M. Borghi et al.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2019.05.001
Abstract: Borghi et al.’s ambitious contribution [1] covers a lot of ground: they delineate types of abstract concepts, review theories of word learning, relate abstractness to modality effects in learning and recognition, and most importantly, advance… read more here.
Keywords: words social; source abstract; language; language source ... See more keywords
Language is a Source of Grounding and a Mode of Action.
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DOI: 10.1111/tops.12665
Abstract: Kemmerer argues that grounded cognition explains how language-specific semantic structures can influence nonlinguistic cognition. In this commentary, I argue that his proposal fails to fully consider the possibility that language itself can serve as a… read more here.
Keywords: language; language source; grounding mode; action ... See more keywords