Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language
The Sphinx’s Legacy
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 8 April 2024
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781666918212
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages158 pages
- Size 227.08x151.38x11.684 mm
- Weight 254 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 11 b/w illustrations; 6 tables; 502
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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
