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Metaphor, Riddles, and the Origin of Language
The Sphinx’s Legacy
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2022
Summary
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.
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Edition
1/2022
Copyright Year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1819-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1820-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
148
Product Type
Monograph
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Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
Riddles and Language No access Pages 5 - 34
Riddle Functions No access Pages 35 - 60
Poetic Logic No access Pages 61 - 82
Riddles and Conceptual Metaphors No access Pages 83 - 108
