LEADER 04639nam 22007335 450 001 9910298083503321 005 20200920134748.0 010 $a1-4614-9539-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-9539-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000093416 035 $a(EBL)1698297 035 $a(OCoLC)878923730 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001185856 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11688227 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001185856 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11219391 035 $a(PQKB)11145242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1698297 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4614-9539-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4975847 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4975847 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL600548 035 $a(OCoLC)1027167373 035 $a(PPN)177823194 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000093416 100 $a20140313d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWords as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts /$fby Anna M. Borghi, Ferdinand Binkofski 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cSpringer New York :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (132 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Cognition,$x2625-2929 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4614-9538-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aChapter 1. The problem of definition -- Chapter 2. The WAT proposal and the role of language -- Chapter 3. Embodied and hybrid theories of abstract concepts and words -- Chapter 4 Word learning and word acquisition -- Chapter 5. What can neuroscience tell us about abstract concepts -- Chapter 6. Language, languages, and abstract concepts -- Afterword. 330 $aHow are abstract concepts and words represented in the brain? That is the central question addressed by the authors of ?Words as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts?. First, they focus on the difficulties in defining what abstract concepts and words are, and what they mean in psycholinguistic research. Then the authors go on to describe and critically discuss the main theories on this topic with a special emphasis on the different embodied and grounded theories proposed in cognitive psychology within the last ten years, highlighting the advantages and limitations of each of these theories. The core of this Brief consists of the presentation of a new theory developed by the authors, the WAT (Words As social Tools) view, according to which both sensorimotor (such as perception, action, emotional experiences) and linguistic experiences are at the basis of abstract concepts and of abstract word representation, processing and use. This theory assigns a major role to acquisition: one of the assumptions the authors make is that the different ways in which concrete and abstract words are acquired constrain their brain representation and their use. This view will be compared with the main existing theories on abstractness, from the theory of conceptual metaphors to the theories on multiple representation. Finally, the volume illustrates recent evidence from different areas (developmental, behavioral, cross-cultural, neuropsychological and neural) which converge with and support the authors' theory, leading to the conclusion that in order to account for representation and processing of abstract concepts and words, an extension of embodied and grounded theories is necessary. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Cognition,$x2625-2929 606 $aCognitive psychology 606 $aNeuropsychology 606 $aPsycholinguistics 606 $aCognitive Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20060 606 $aNeuropsychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y12030 606 $aPsycholinguistics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/N35000 615 0$aCognitive psychology. 615 0$aNeuropsychology. 615 0$aPsycholinguistics. 615 14$aCognitive Psychology. 615 24$aNeuropsychology. 615 24$aPsycholinguistics. 676 $a153.24 700 $aBorghi$b Anna M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0260371 702 $aBinkofski$b Ferdinand$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298083503321 996 $aWords as Social Tools: An Embodied View on Abstract Concepts$92177041 997 $aUNINA