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
Abstract Words as Social Tools: Which Necessary Evidence?
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613026
Abstract: Recent theories on abstract concepts and words (ACs), such as Words As social Tools (WAT) (Borghi et al., 2019b) and Language is an Embodied Neuroenhancement and Scaffold (LENS) (Dove, 2019) have underlined the crucial role… read more here.
Keywords: words social; necessary evidence; tools necessary; evidence ... See more keywords