Ostension: Word Learning and the Embodied Mind by Chad Engelland

Ostension: Word Learning and the Embodied Mind

Mit Press

Chad Engelland

336 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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An examination of the role of ostension--the bodily manifestation of intention---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 i...

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