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Toward a bio-ethological 4E linguistics: Language as life in mind and behavior

Biolinguistics December 9, 2025 Bernd Bierl 2 citations

This article proposes a theoretical framework for a Bio-Ethological 4E Linguistics that integrates ethology, biolinguistics, and embodied cognition within a single biological continuum. It argues that the persistent division between linguistic internalism and behavioral biology has produced two incomplete naturalisms—one mental without life, the other biological without mind. By aligning...