Consequences of Language
From Primary to Enhanced Intersubjectivity
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
24 January 2023
Summary
What is it about humans that makes language possible, and what is it about language that makes us human? If you are reading this, you have done something that only our species has evolved to do. You have acquired a natural language. This book asks, How has this changed us?
Where scholars have long wondered what it is about humans that makes language possible, N. J. Enfield and Jack Sidnell ask instead, What is it about humans that is made possible by language? In Consequences of L…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262544863 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262544865 |
| Author: | N.J. Enfield, Jack Sidnell |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 24 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
N.J. Enfield
N. J. Enfield is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney and Director of the Sydney Centre for Language Research.
Jack Sidnell is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.
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