Kognitywne i antropologiczne uwarunkowania języka w świetle współczesnych podejść badawczych .......... 7

COGNITIVE AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF LANGUAGE IN THE LIGHT OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH APPROACHES

The article sets language in the context of its biological determinants regarding at the same time role of culture in the development of human communication. It is shown how language became audio-visual hybrid, inextricably connected with seeing and viewing. Contemporary linguistic theories take into account both biological and cultural roots of language. The differences and similarities of such approaches are shown on the examples of cognitive linguistics and research concerned with the linguistic picture of the world.