Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/Pinker v. Chomsky/reply (4)

So language and symbols in side the mind itself. Who would you suggest reading, or what terms might you suggest googling to better understand the concept that pinker illudes to as "pre thought", or you talk about as symbol manipulation. If language is (clearly) dependent on symbols, did the symbolic mapping skills come before language.

I don't know how to frame the questions in something like a google scholar search, cause i'm not even sure what i'm beginning to ask. "It may be that symbolic manipulation co-evolved with verbal language." this is what is peaking my interest, and i'd like to learn more.

also, right/left hemispheres and language production. and names, book titles, scholars, etc., would be welcome.