Words as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts

• Main Authors: Borghi, Anna M. (Author), Binkofski, Ferdinand (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psycholinguistics.; Neuropsychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.

How are abstract concepts and words represented in the brain? That is the central question addressed by the authors of “Words as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts”. First, they focus on the difficulties in defining what abstract concepts and words are, and what they mean in psychol...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The problem of definition
• Chapter 2. The WAT proposal and the role of language
• Chapter 3. Embodied and hybrid theories of abstract concepts and words
• Chapter 4 Word learning and word acquisition
• Chapter 5. What can neuroscience tell us about abstract concepts
• Chapter 6. Language, languages, and abstract concepts
• Afterword.