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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830392903321

Autore

Boeckx Cedric

Titolo

Language in cognition : uncovering mental structures and the rules behind them / / Cedric Boeckx

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

1-283-51408-7

9786613826534

1-118-38566-7

1-4443-1004-6

1-4443-1005-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Classificazione

17.30

Disciplina

410.19

Soggetti

Cognitive grammar

Psycholinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Languagein Cognition; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART I Ever Since Chomsky; 1 Mind Matters:Chomsky 's Dangerous Idea; 2 The Mechanization of the Mind Picture; 3 How the Mind Grows: From Meno to Noam; PART II Unweaving the Sentence; 4 Mental Chemistry; 5 The Variety of Linguistic Experience:The Towers of Babel and Pisa; 6 All Roads Lead to Universal Grammar; PART III The Mental Foundations of Behavior; 7 Making Sense of Meaning: An Instruction Manual; 8 Wonderful Mental Life: Unthinkable without Language; 9 Grammar Caught in the Act; PART IV Missing Links; 10 The (Mis)Measure of Mind

11 Homo Combinans12 Computational Organology; Epilogue; Notes; Guide to Further Study; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook explores the ways in which language informs the structure and function of the human mind, offering a point of entry into the fascinating territory of cognitive science. Focusing mainly on syntactic issues, Language in Cognition is a unique contribution to this burgeoning field of study.Guides undergraduate students through the



core questions of linguistics and cognitive science, and provides tools that will help them think about the field in a structured wayUses the study of language and how language informs the structure and function of the human