In fact, as Wittgenstein shows, for a word to function in language, it does not actually to have to refer to any specific thing.
Although this 'intentionality hypothesis' also needs further investigation, it is consistent with the view that pantomimes, regarded as communicative actions, are thought to have had a pivotal function in language evolution (Donald 1991; Kendon 2009; Zlatev 2008).
However, Bachman and Palmer (1996) proposed strategic competence as a set of metacognitive components or strategies, which can be referred to as higher order executive processes that provide a cognitive management function in language use, as well as in other cognitive activities.
How indexicals work and function in language, the nature of self-knowledge and self-consciousness, and self-identity.
"Using this, we classify messages into different Speech Acts: utterances that have some performative function in language and communication," explains Fasbender.
Given their model, Bachman and Palmer (1996) defined strategic competence as a set of metacognitive strategies, or components, which can be considered as higher order executive processes implementing a cognitive management function in language use.
Accordingly, we hypothesize that ENO2 may have a function in language development.
Although the group sizes are small, they are comparable with group sizes from other studies of brain structure and function in language-impaired populations (e.g., Watkins et al., 2002b).
Modern electrophysiological and tracer injection studies have recently suggested two separate routes connecting the auditory cortex to prefrontal areas [67], [68]: a dorsal route and a ventral route [69], [70], which perhaps correspond to different functions in language processing [71].
Although extensive research has been devoted to cognitive models of human language, the role of executive functions in language processing has little been explored.
