Language the cultural tool
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
c2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The gift of Prometheus
- Problems. Language as a social tool ; From fire to communication ; Crossing the communication threshold ; Does Plato have a problem?
- Solutions. Universals and faculties ; How to build a language ; The platforms for language
- Applications. Aristotle's answer : interaction and the construction of cultural sighs ; Language the tool
- Variations. Language, culture, and thinking ; You drink. You drive. You go to jail. Cultural effects on grammar ; Welcome to the Freak Show
- Grammars of happiness
- Appendix. Extract from Plato's "Meno."
