Language and religion : a journey into the human mind /

"Language and Religion offers an innovative theory of religion as a class of cultural representations, dependent on language to unify diverse capacities of the human mind. It argues that religion is widespread because it is implicit in the way the mind processes the world, as it determines what...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Downes, William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Psycholinguistics.
Language and languages > Religious aspects.
Language and culture.
Thought and thinking.
Psycholinguistics
Thinking
Psycholinguistique.
Langage et langues > Aspect religieux.
Langage et culture.
Pensée.
psycholinguistics.
thinking.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics.
Language and culture
Language and languages > Religious aspects
Thought and thinking
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A cognitive theory of religion
  • The supernatural and the uses of the intentional
  • Dissemination and the comprehension of mysteries
  • Pragmatics and pragmatism
  • Authority
  • Conceptual innovation and revelatory language.

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