# Ostension

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/chad-engelland/ostension/9780262320627

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- Book: [Ostension](https://www.bookquiver.com/chad-engelland/ostension) ([Ostension.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/chad-engelland/ostension.md))
- Authors: [Chad Engelland](https://www.bookquiver.com/chad-engelland)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-6232-062-7
- Published: 2014-11-07
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

An examination of the role of ostension—the bodily manifestation of intention—-in word learning, and an investigation of the philosophical puzzles it poses. Ostension is bodily movement that...