Cartesian linguistics. A chapter in the history of rationalist thought
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521708173
- ISBN10 0521708176
- Type Book
- Pages 158
- Published 2009
- Language English
- Bookbinding Rustic
Cartesian linguistics. A chapter in the history of rationalist thought
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
In this extraordinarily original and profound work, Noam Chomsky discusses themes in the study of language and mind since the end of the sixteenth century in order to explain the motivations and methods that underlie his work in linguistics, the science of mind, and even politics. This edition includes a new and specially written introduction by James McGilvray, contextualising the work for the twenty-first century. It has been made more accessible to a larger audience; all the French and German in the original edition has been translated, and the notes and bibliography have been brought up to date. The relationship between the original edition (published in 1966) and contemporary biolinguistic work is also explained. This challenging volume is an important contribution to the study of language and mind, and to the history of these studies since the end of the sixteenth century.
Extensive, completely new editor's introduction contextualises the work for the twenty-first century The foreign-language passages in the original edition have been translated The relationship between the original edition and contemporary biolinguistic work is explained