The Primacy of Grammar /
Biolinguistics - especially the work of Noam Chomsky - suggests that the design of language may be 'perfect': language is an optimal solution to conditions of sound and meaning. What is the scope of this inquiry? Which aspect of nature does this science investigate? This book is a study of...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
2010.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Biolinguistics - especially the work of Noam Chomsky - suggests that the design of language may be 'perfect': language is an optimal solution to conditions of sound and meaning. What is the scope of this inquiry? Which aspect of nature does this science investigate? This book is a study of such foundational questions. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (298 pages): illustrations, music |
ISBN: | 9780262280310 |