The Foundations of language. Brain, meaning, grammar, evolution
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
España peninsular
- Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780199264377
- ISBN10 0199264376
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 477
- Año de Edición 2004
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Rústica
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LingüísticaThe Foundations of language. Brain, meaning, grammar, evolution
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
Foundations of Language puts linguistics back at the centre of the serach to understand human consciousness. Ray Jackendoff begins by surveying the developments in linguistics over the years since Noam Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. He goes on to propose a radical re-conception of how the brain processes language. This opens up vivid new perspectives on every major aspect of language and communication, including grammar, vocabulary, learning, the origins of human language, and how language relates to the real world. Foundations of Language makes important connections with other disciplines which have been isolated from linguistics for many years. It sets a new agenda for close cooperation between the study of language, mind, the brain, behaviour, and evolution.