Knowledge Of Language: Its Nature, Origin, And Use

Chomsky, Noam

ISBN 10: 0275917614 / ISBN 13: 9780275917616

Editore: Praeger, Westport, 1986

Riguardo questo articolo

Xxix, 307 Pp. First Edition (Paperback Issue, Also Issued Simultaneously In Hb. Fine, As New, But Ownership Signatuire, Caltech.

Codice articolo 031591

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Knowledge Of Language: Its Nature, Origin, And Use
• Editore: Praeger, Westport
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0275917614
• ISBN 13: 9780275917616
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Fine
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Philosophy and Thoughtfulness

Descrizione articolo

Riassunto

Why do we know so much more than we have evidence for in certain areas, and so much less in others? In tackling these questions--Plato's and Orwell's problem--Chomsky again demonstrates his unequalled capacity to integrate vast amounts of material. David W. Lightfoot, University of Maryland ||I feel that it is his most persuasive defense of the idea that the study of linguistic structure provides insight into the human mind. Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington|Why do we know so much more than we have evidence for in certain areas, and so much less in others? In tackling these questions--Plato's and Orwell's problem--Chomsky again demonstrates his unequalled capacity to integrate vast amounts of material. . . . A clear introduction to current thinking on grammatical theory. |David W. Lightfoot, University of Maryland ||I feel that it is his most persuasive defense of the idea that the study of linguistic structure provides insight into the human mind. Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington||This is an excellent contribution to the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. . . . The best available introduction to Chomsky's current ideas on syntax made accessible to the non-specialist. |Julius M. Moravcsik, Stanford Unviersity

Product Description

"Why do we know so much more than we have evidence for in certain areas, and so much less in others? In tackling these questions--Plato's and Orwell's problem--Chomsky again demonstrates his unequalled capacity to integrate vast amounts of material. . . . A clear introduction to current thinking on grammatical theory." David W. Lightfoot, University of Maryland "This is an excellent contribution to the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. . . . The best available introduction to Chomsky's current ideas on syntax made accessible to the non-specialist." Julius M. Moravcsik, Stanford Unviersity "I feel that it is his most persuasive defense of the idea that the study of linguistic structure provides insight into the human mind." Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington