About this title: What is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can speak and understand a language? Why cant 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.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780465054619ISBN:0465054617
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Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Basic Books Pub Date: 1/1/1995 Binding: Paperback Pages: 256. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books, NY
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780465054619ISBN:0465054617
Description: Fair in Near Fine jacket. First Edition, First Printing in US. "Language and Human Nature" Beautiful, Unread condition. Just faintly bumped at the spine top. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 1995-01-03
ISBN-13:9780465054626ISBN:0465054625
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780745009636ISBN:0745009638
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780745009636ISBN:0745009638
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780745009636ISBN:0745009638
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 256 pages. This book is printed on demand (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (256 pages) intended for undergraduate courses in introductory linguistics, cognitive science, psychology of language and philosophy of language, this text explains how an innate, ge*n*e*t*ically-encoded universal grammar provides the building blocks for all possible human languages. index (Paperback) read more
"Good introduction to the universal grammar theory. I do need to go back to Chomsky some time. And very convincing. I was especially surprised by how easy it apparently is to construct a new language, they seem to evolve readily within a generation.
Set me wondering about the difference between innate and 'prescribed' grammar... the stuff they teach in school. Can grammar be taught, or does it need to be internalized?
The last chapter where he tried to extrapolate the universal grammar to other things didn't quite work A grammar of constructed seeing I bought because of my other reading in the area, but his extrapolations into moral and political systems were shaky. He didn't have enough space to develop the ideas to the point where they made sense, and I thought that they weakened the book, even if I do agree with his thoughts on libertarianism."
"A good introduction to some of the broader concerns of linguistics, cognitive science, and their various offshoots. The language is clear and unfettered by jargon. Jackendoff focuses primarily on the innatist argument, so there's not a whole lot of technical detail to keep the uninitiated at bay. He musters some convincing arguments, though it still appears as though much of innatism (and UG within the Chomskyan framework of which the author is one of its prime proponents) relies upon largely inferential evidence and an attitude of "Well, no other explnatory theories have emerged; therefore, ours is best." The theory is convincing enough within the realm of phonology and syntax but becomes a bit shakier on semantic ground. But a good place to start, in any event."
"A good "linguistics for dummies" that veers off into tangentially related political/social commentary at the end. Not every argument is represented, but this is a good starting point for the layman interested in the field."
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