Becoming Human: From Pointing Gestures to Syntax

by Teresa Bejarano

What do the pointing gesture, the imitation of new complex motor patterns, the evocation of absent objects and the grasping of others' false beliefs all have in common? Apart from being (one way or other) involved in the language, they all would share a demanding requirement - a second mental centre within the subject. This redefinition of the simulationism is extended in the present book in two directions. Firstly, mirror-neurons and, likewise, animal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027252173
• ISBN13: 9789027252173
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 402 Pages