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Biolinguistics : exploring the biology of language / / Lyle Jenkins



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Autore: Jenkins Lyle Visualizza persona
Titolo: Biolinguistics : exploring the biology of language / / Lyle Jenkins Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge [England] ; ; New York, NY, : Cambridge University Press, 2000
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 401
Soggetto topico: Biolinguistics
Grammar, Comparative and general
Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-253) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The unification problem; 2 Knowledge and use of language; 3 Acquisition (growth) of language; 4 Mechanisms of language; 5 Evolution of language; 6 Conclusion; References; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book investigates the nature of human language and its importance for the study of the mind. In particular, it examines current work on the biology of language. Lyle Jenkins reviews the evidence that language is best characterized by a generative grammar of the kind introduced by Noam Chomsky in the 1950s and developed in various directions since that time. He then discusses research into the development of language which tries to capture both the underlying universality of human language, as well as the diversity found in individual languages (Universal Grammar). Finally, he discusses a variety of approaches to language design and the evolution of language. An important theme is the integration of biolinguistics into the natural sciences - the 'unification problem'. Jenkins also answers criticisms of the biolinguistic approach from a number of other perspectives, including evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, connectionism and ape language research, among others.
Titolo autorizzato: Biolinguistics  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-107-11736-4
0-511-00994-1
1-280-43252-7
0-511-17235-4
0-511-15083-0
0-511-32473-1
0-511-60576-5
0-511-04821-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821988603321
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Serie: Cambridge approaches to linguistics.