Brain, language and cognitive functioning in the social-historical-cultural approach: inferences from the study of aphasia

Authors

  • Rosana do Carmo Novaes Pinto UNICAMP

Keywords:

Brain and language, Cognitive functioning, Socio-historical-cultural perspective, Neurolinguistics, Aphasia

Abstract

This article aims to present and discuss, critically: (i) the theoretical principles of socio-historical-cultural approaches which guide the academic research in the field of enunciative-discursive Neurolinguistics, mobilizing with the main postulates of Vygotsky and Luria, concerning the brain functioning, as well as the reflections carried out by Coudry, Franchi and Novaes-Pinto, related to the conception of language and its functioning; (ii) methodological questions related to the qualitative researches of aphasiological phenomena, guided by the works of Freitas, Damico et al., among others; and, finally, (iii) how case studies and qualitative analysis contribute to the research in the field of Neurolinguistics, in order to understand aspects of cognitive functioning and the relation between brain and language.

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Author Biography

Rosana do Carmo Novaes Pinto, UNICAMP

Docente em Regime de Dedicação Exclusiva Departamento de Linguística Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem (IEL) Coordenadora do Grupo III do Centro de Convivência de Afásicos (CCA) Coordenadora Associada da Graduação em Linguística/IEL

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Published

2012-01-31

How to Cite

Novaes Pinto, R. do C. (2012). Brain, language and cognitive functioning in the social-historical-cultural approach: inferences from the study of aphasia. Letras De Hoje, 47(1), 55–64. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/fale/article/view/9858

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 1 (2012): Linguagem e cognição: Interfaces entre Linguística, Psicologia e Neurociências

Section

Language and cognition: interfaces between Linguistics, Psychology and Neuroscience

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