Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language: The Sphinx's Legacy by Danesi, Marcel

Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language: The Sphinx's Legacy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781666918212)

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Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language: The Sphinx's Legacy by Danesi, Marcel

Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language: The Sphinx's Legacy

$40.95
Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language: The Sphinx's Legacy by Danesi, Marcel

Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language: The Sphinx's Legacy

$40.95
Format: Paperback
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Scientific evidence for the origin of speech is abundant, but evidence for the origin of language as separate from speech as a naming system remains speculative. What evidence can be utilized that will furnish relevant insights on the origin or language? This book attempts to provide an answer by suggesting that the first riddles of humanity, along with the first myths, reveal that language may have emerged as a mode of reflection via metaphor--a mode that involves blending speech forms together to produce complex, abstract cognition.

Author: Marcel Danesi
ISBN-10: 1666918210
ISBN-13: 9781666918212
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2024
Pages: 158
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d
By Marcel Danesi
By Marcel Danesi
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Marcel Danesi is professor emeritus of linguistic anthropology at the University of Toronto.

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