UID:
almafu_9959327716202883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 248 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781444310047
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1444310046
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9781444310054
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1444310054
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9781444315011
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1444315013
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1282279416
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9781282279414
Content:
This textbook explores the ways in which language informs the structure and function ofthe 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 way; Uses the study of language and how language informs the structure and function of the human mind to introduce the major.
Note:
Language in 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.
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10 The (Mis)Measure of Mind11 Homo Combinans; 12 Computational Organology; Epilogue; Notes; Guide to Further Study; References; Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Boeckx, Cedric. Language in cognition. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 ISBN 9781405158817
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1405158816
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1002/9781444310047
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444310047
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444310047
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444310047
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