Language and Cognition
The interrelation between language and cognition can be considered from various perspectives. The role of the language in human mental activity is described by the type of his/her activity when it is also linked with cultural characteristics. The active role of the language in thinking is condition...
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| Language: | English |
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Yerevan State University
2007-10-01
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| Series: | Armenian Folia Anglistika |
| Online Access: | https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4784 |
| Summary: | The interrelation between language and cognition can be considered from various perspectives. The role of the language in human mental activity is described by the type of his/her activity when it is also linked with cultural characteristics. The active role of the language in thinking is conditioned by the fact that the existence of a language serves as a precondition for cognitive thinking. Language is also the basis of cognition. Social experience is a means to form individual thinking. Language affects the process of the acquisition of knowledge and organization, and its two functions possess a cognitive nature.
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| ISSN: | 1829-2429 2579-3039 |