Linguistic Bodies: The Continuity Between Life and Language

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

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262038161
• ISBN13: 9780262038164
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher