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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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Auteur principal: Mukherji, Nirmalangshu
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (298 pages): illustrations, music
ISBN:9780262280310