Language in Cognition

Uncovering Mental Structures and the Rules Behind Them

AvCedric Boeckx

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

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 mind to introduce the major ideas in modern cognitive science, including its history and controversiesExplores questions such as: what does it mean to say that linguistics is part of the cognitive sciences; how do the core properties of language compare with the core properties of other human cognitive abilities such as vision, music, mathematics, and other mental building blocks; and what is the relationship between language and thought?Includes an indispensable study guide as well as extensive references to encourage further independent study

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-09-04
Mått:172 x 246 x 13 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781405158824

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Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Cedric Boeckx is Research Professor at the Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies (ICREA), and a member of the Center for Theoretical Linguistics at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Most recently he was Associate Professor of Linguistics at Harvard University. He is the author of Islands and Chains (2003), Linguistic Minimalism (2006), Understanding Minimalist Syntax (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), and Bare Syntax (2008); and the founding co-editor, with Kleanthes K. Grohmann, of the Open Access journal Biolinguistics.

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"Amongst the book's strengths, particularly commendable are the connections made to other cognitive domains and the biological sciences." (The Linguist, July 2010) "Although each subsection is brief, the author includes chapter-by-chapter notes of cited material at the end of the text. The motivated reader will have no trouble tracking down the primary sources that the author discusses." (PsycCRITIQUES, March 2010)

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements ProloguePart I: Ever Since ChomskyChapter 1: Mind matters: Chomsky’s dangerous ideaChapter 2: The mechanization of the mind pictureChapter 3: How the mind grows: From Meno to NoamPart II: Unweaving the sentenceChapter 4: Mental chemistryChapter 5: The variety of linguistic experience: The towers of Babel and PisaChapter 6: All the roads lead to Universal GrammarPart III: The mental foundations of behaviorChapter 7: Making sense of meaning: An instruction manualChapter 8: Wonderful mental life: Unthinkable in the absence of LanguageChapter 9: Grammar caught in the actPart IV: Missing linksChapter 10: The (mis)measure of mindChapter 11: Homo combinansChapter 12: Computational organologyEpilogueNotesStudy guideReferencesIndex