Language
Between cognition, communication and culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20484394 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Reboul (0000-0003-3976-5273, Laboratory on Language, the Brain and Cognition, CNRS, Lyon, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 295-316 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pragmatics & Cognition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-0907 • E-ISSN: 1569-9943 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/pc.20.2.06reb |
| OpenAlex | W2052351210 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Everett’s main claim is that language is a “cultural tool”, created by hominids for communication and social cohesion. I examine the meaning of the expression “cultural tool” in terms of the influence of language on culture (i.e. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) or of the influence of culture on language (Everett’s hypothesis). I show that these hypotheses are not well-supported by evidence and that language and languages, rather than being “cultural tools” as wholes are rather collections of tools used in different language games, some cultural or social, some cognitive. I conclude that the coincidence between language and culture is due to the fact that both originate from human nature
Cognition · Cognitive science · Ethnolinguistics · Linguistic relativity · Linguistics · Sociology · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |