Linguistic Bodies: The Continuity between Life and Language

by Elena Clare Cuffari, Hanne De Jaegher, Ezequiel A. Di Paolo

A novel theoretical framework for an embodied, non-representational approach to language that extends and deepens enactive theory, bridging the gap between sensorimotor skills and language. Linguistic Bodies offers a fully embodied and fully social treatment of human language without positing mental representations. The authors present the first coherent, overarching theory that connects dynamical explanations of action and perception with language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262547864
• ISBN13: 9780262547864
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher