Language, Thought and Consciousness(English, Paperback, Carruthers Peter)

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Language, Thought and Consciousness(English, Paperback, Carruthers Peter) is written by Carruthers Peter and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521639999 (ISBN 10) and 9780521639996 (ISBN 13).

Do we think in natural language? Or is language only for communication? Much recent work in philosophy and cognitive science assumes the latter. In contrast, Peter Carruthers argues that much of human conscious thinking is conducted in the medium of natural language sentences. However, this does not commit him to any sort of Whorfian linguistic relativism, and the view is developed within a framework that is broadly nativist and modularist. His study will be essential reading for all those interested in the nature and significance of natural language, whether they come from philosophy, psychology or linguistics.