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Becoming human : the development of language, self, and self-consciousness / John V. Canfield.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Canfield, John V.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Philosophical anthropology.
Language acquisition.
Self-consciousness (Awareness).
Physical Description:
viii, 186 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Summary:
This book is a philosophical examination of the main stages in our journey from hominid to human, dealing with the nature and origins of language, the self and self-consciousness.
Contents:
Setting out
What language is not
Language-games
Zoe learns to talk
How the human got its words
Self-portrait, ink on paper
The further adventures of nobody
Consciousness
Self-consciousness
Back to Eden.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index.
ISBN:
0230552935
9780230552937
OCLC:
137244713

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