Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Language and Thinking

Bibliographic Details
Parent link:Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Vol. 200 : Language and culture.— 2015.— [P. 101-106]
Main Author: Chernikova I. V. Irina Vasilievna
Corporate Author: Национальный исследовательский Томский политехнический университет (ТПУ) Институт социально-гуманитарных технологий (ИСГТ) Кафедра социальных коммуникаций (СК)
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The paper analyses language and thinking not as elemental power, but in evolutionary aspect. Language and thinking are examined as a product of evolution and result of specific type of activity – social activity and culture, interpreted as a social code, external memory, providing the continuity of social communication. Evolutionary approach applied in this research is based on the idea of global evolutionism. Evolution is interpreted as multilevel system and co-evolution of the system and the environment. This enabled us to define the levels of cognitive evolution, levels of language evolution, and to reveal the recursive mechanism of interaction between language and thinking.
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.08.025
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
KOHA link:https://koha.lib.tpu.ru/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=650830
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Summary:Title screen
The paper analyses language and thinking not as elemental power, but in evolutionary aspect. Language and thinking are examined as a product of evolution and result of specific type of activity – social activity and culture, interpreted as a social code, external memory, providing the continuity of social communication. Evolutionary approach applied in this research is based on the idea of global evolutionism. Evolution is interpreted as multilevel system and co-evolution of the system and the environment. This enabled us to define the levels of cognitive evolution, levels of language evolution, and to reveal the recursive mechanism of interaction between language and thinking.
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.08.025