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Marcel Danesi

Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781666918212
  • Weight: 254g
  • Dimensions: 151 x 227mm
  • Publication Date: 15 May 2024
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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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.
About Marcel Danesi

Marcel Danesi is professor emeritus of linguistic anthropology at the University of Toronto.