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The Freedom of Words: Abstractness and the Power of Language - Hardcover

Borghi, Anna M.

 
9781108842907: The Freedom of Words: Abstractness and the Power of Language
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1108842909 ISBN 13: 9781108842907
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

An exploration of how language shapes our mental and social lives, with a focus on abstract language and thought.

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About the Author

Anna M. Borghi is Associate Professor of Psychology at Sapienza University of Rome and Associate Researcher at the Institue of Cognitive Sciences and Technology, Italian Research Council, Italy. She is interested in how language and body influence how we think and interact with the physical and social environment. She has published on affordances, imitation, categorization and concepts, and language. She co-authored Words as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts (2014).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108842909
ISBN 13 
9781108842907
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
312