Word, Niche and Super-Niche: How Language Makes Minds Matter More

Theoria 20 (3):255-268 (2010)
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Abstract

How does language impact thought? One useful way to approach this important but elusive question may be to consider language itself as a cognition-enhancing animal-built structure. To take this perspective is to view language as a kind of self-constructed cognitive niche.

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