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Berg, Jonathan. 1993. On the very idea of thinking in words. In Nuyts, Jan and Eric Pederson, eds. Perspectives on Language and Conceptualization. Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles. pp. 9–19.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

thought | utterance

Annotation

The author describes 'thinking in words' as mere imagining an utterance, a use hence better considered as thinking with words as tools, than in words as medium. This is not to deny the important connection between thought and language.