Ostension: Word Learning and the Embodied Mind

by Chad Engelland

An examination of the role of ostension--the bodily manifestation of intentio---in word learning, and an investigation of the philosophical puzzles it poses.

Ostension is bodily movement that manifests our engagement with things, whether we wish it to or not. Gestures, glances, facial expressions: all betray our interest in something. Ostension enables our first word learning, providing infants with a prelinguistic way to grasp the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262028093
• ISBN13: 9780262028097
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher