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Mental Language

Mental Language is a theoretical construct in medieval logic denoting a language-like system of cognitive representation inherent to the mind, distinct from spoken or written languages, through which concepts are structured and propositions are formed prior to linguistic expression.

163

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22.5K

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269

Authors

136

Institutions

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2017–2026

25

Variants

Mentalese

Parents

Publications

163

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

Nolan Miller, Gerda Oldham, Steven Pinker · The Antioch Review · 1994 · 2K citations

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<b>Language, mind, and knowledge</b> . Ed. by Keith Gunderson. (Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science, 7.) Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1975. Pp. vii, 424. $17.75.

Keith S. Donnellan · Language · 1977 · 1.1K citations

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Psychosemantics: The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind

John Barresi, Jerry A. Fodor · The American Journal of Psychology · 1989 · 1.1K citations

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Mental time travel and the evolution of the human mind.

Thomas Suddendorf, Michael C. Corballis · PubMed · 1997 · 1K citations

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From “thought and language” to “thinking for speaking”

Dan I. Slobin · PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) · 1996 · 920 citations

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Authors

269

  1. TR
    Ted Ruffman

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    4 publications · 1.7K citations

    4

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  2. MT
    Mele Taumoepeau

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    4 publications · 871 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. CC
    Candida C. Peterson

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    4 publications · 504 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. EL
    Emiddia Longobardi

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    3 publications · 105 citations

    3

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  5. EF
    Evelina Fedorenko

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 226 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

136

  1. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    751 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    276 citations

  5. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    348 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    192 citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. LWL-Universitätsklinikum Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    432 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    7 publications · 2.3K citations

    7

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  2. Child Development

    6 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 664 citations

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  4. Cognition

    4 publications · 934 citations

    4

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  5. Cognitive Development

    4 publications · 317 citations

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