Patterns In The Mind: Language And Human Nature - Couverture rigide

Jackendoff, Ray S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0465054617 ISBN 13 : 9780465054619

Editeur : Basic Books, 1994

Synopsis

What is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can speak and understand a language? Why can't other creatures do the same? And what does this tell us about the rest of human abilities? Recent dramatic discoveries in linguistics and psychology provide intriguing answers to these age-old mysteries. In this fascinating book, Ray Jackendoff emphasizes the grammatical commonalities across languages, both spoken and signed, and discusses the implications for our understanding of language acquisition and loss.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

What is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can speak and understand a language? Why can't other creatures do the same? And what does this tell us about the rest of human abilities? Recent dramatic discoveries in linguistics and psychology provide intriguing answers to these age-old mysteries. In this fascinating book, Ray Jackendoff emphasizes the grammatical commonalities across languages, both spoken and signed, and discusses the implications for our understanding of language acquisition and loss.

Biographie de l'auteur

Ray Jackendoff, linguist and theoretical psychologist, is professor of linguistics at Brandeis University. He is the author of several books, including Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar, Semantics and Cognition, Consciousness and the Computational Mind, and Semantic Structures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0465054617
• ISBN 13: 9780465054619
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible