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On the neural grounding for metaphor and projection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Bipin Indurkhya
Bipin Indurkhya*
Affiliation:
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad500 019, India
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bipin@iiit.net
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Abstract:

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Focusing on the mirror system and imitation, I examine the role of metaphor and projection in evolutionary neurolinguistics. I suggest that the key to language evolution in hominid might be an ability to project one's thoughts and feelings onto another agent or object, to see and feel things from another perspective, and to be able to empathize with another agent.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 134 - 135
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005