Vol.5 , No. 2, Publication Date: May 10, 2019, Page: 64-69
[1] | Ping Qu, Department of Foreign Language, Lishui University, Lishui, China. |
The relationship between language and mind has been attracting more and more attention from experts and scholars. In this paper, non-human primates, normal children and special groups are the object of discussion. There is a deep analysis about the relationship between linguistic ability and psychological phenomena from the perspective of comparison and development of studies in this field. It is found that a certain linguistic competence may be a prerequisite for the passing of the psycho-theoretical test, but the two have different developmental laws and show complicated coexistence.
Keywords
Language, Mind, Theory of Mind, False Belief, Verbal Tasks and Nonverbal Tasks
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