A few remarks on the relationship between language and the conceptual structure of the mind
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https://doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2020.v16nEsp.a22842Keywords:
language and thought, conceptual structure of the mind, origins of cognition.Abstract
In Psycholinguistics, particularly as the studies concern the language-concept relationship, it is necessary to take into account the different ways this relationship manifests itself, its nature and the direction it takes place. An objective to be pursued is to verify if (i) concepts exist spontaneously and naturally in human cognitive architecture and if language only has the role of instigating and installing them in the language; or if (ii) concepts depend on the language to exist. In the present article, we discuss the problem, consider different points of view from some proponents of alternative views and present a way to provide empirical evidence to verify their hypotheses.
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