Verbal Minds - 9780123852007

Verbal MindsLanguage and the Architecture of Cognition\nAuthor(s): Toni Gomila\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc\nISBN-13: 9780123852007, 978-0123852007\nSynopsis\nTen years ago, the hegemonic idea was that language was a kind of independent module within the mind, a sort of \""print-out\"" of whatever cognitive activity was taking place, but without any influence whatsoever in that activity. While this view is still held, evidence amassed in the last 10 years suggests another view of their inter-relationships, even though exactly which one is not clear yet, in part because of the lack of a unified view, and in part because of the inertia of the previous position, in part because all this evidence must be considered together. An increasing number of researchers are paying attention to the issues involved as the human language specificity may provide a clue to understand what makes humans \""smart,.