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Abstract
Two different approaches to the examination of the language-cognition interface are introduced: the traditional,representational-disembodied view and a functional view. An instance of the type of paradoxes that can arise form a traditional view are presented and how they can be resolved from a functional view - that regards language as a tool to extend cognition by driving attention - is presented. Implications for comparative research across linguistic communities are presented.
Keywords
- Language-cognition interface
- classic views
- functional approach
- linguistic
