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Work and talk – handedness and the stuff of life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2003

Grant. R. Gillett
Grant. R. Gillett*
Affiliation:
University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
*
grant.gillett@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
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Abstract:

Wittgenstein shifted from a picture theory of meaning to a use-based theory of meaning in his philosophical work on language. The latter picture is deeply congenial to the view that language and the use of our hands in practical activity are closely related. Wittgenstein's theory therefore offers philosophical support for Corballis's suggestion that the development of spoken language is the basis of dominance phenomena.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 222 - 223
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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