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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797719103321

Autore

Moro Andrea

Titolo

The Boundaries of Babel [[electronic resource] ] : The Brain and the Enigma of Impossible Languages

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2015

ISBN

0-262-32968-9

0-262-32967-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Current Studies in Linguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

ChomskyNoam

CaponigroIvano

KaneDaniel B

Disciplina

401

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Exploring the Boundaries of Babel; Translators' Note for the First Edition; 1491: Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 The Hidden Texture; 2 Language in the Brain; 3 The Form of Grammar; 4 Toward the Source of Order; Epilogue; References; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The new edition of a pioneering book that examines research at the intersection of contemporary theoretical linguistics and the cognitive neurosciences.