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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      01 June 2011
      23 February 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511583360
      9780521639996
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511583360
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      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.505kg, 308 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Philosophy: General Interest, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychology: General Interest
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    Do we think in natural language? Or is language only for communication? Much recent work in philosophy and cognitive science assumes the latter. In contrast, Peter Carruthers argues that much of human conscious thinking is conducted in the medium of natural language sentences. However, this does not commit him to any sort of Whorfian linguistic relativism, and the view is developed within a framework that is broadly nativist and modularist. His study will be essential reading for all those interested in the nature and significance of natural language, whether they come from philosophy, psychology or linguistics.

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    ‘ … a book crammed with penetrating observations and good arguments. Few readers will fail to learn something from it, and none will be disappointed.’

    Source: The Times Literary Supplement

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