Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language
The Sphinx’s Legacy
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 12 October 2022
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781666918199
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages158 pages
- Size 235.97x157.99x18.542 mm
- Weight 408 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 11 b/w illustrations; 6 tables; Illustrations, unspecified 295
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Long description:
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.
MoreTable of Contents:
Chapter 1: Riddles and Language
Chapter 2: Riddle Functions
Chapter 3: Poetic Logic
Chapter 4: Riddles and Conceptual Metaphors
Chapter 5: Language Origins
