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A mind for language : an introduction to the innateness debate / Harry van der Hulst.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023Description: x, 583 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781108456494
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 410 H879m 23/eng/20230629
LOC classification:
  • P37.5.I55 H85 2023
Contents:
Part I. Introduction -- What this book is about -- Part II. The never-ending debate -- The innateness hypothesis -- Philosophy of mind -- Cognitive science -- Modularity -- Part III. The mental grammar, language universals, and language change -- The organization of the mental grammar -- Language Universals -- Language change -- Part IV. Language acquisition -- Language acquisition: the road from input to mental grammar -- The stages of language acquisition -- Critical period effects -- How children create new languages -- Part V. Language in a different modality -- Sign languages -- Part VI. Winding up -- Evaluating the arguments: a forum discussion.
Summary: "Illustrated with real-life examples throughout, this book provides a complete introduction to one of the most fundamental question about what it means to be human: how does human language arise in the mind? Theory is explained in an easy-to-understand way, making it accessible for students without a background in linguistics"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introduction -- What this book is about -- Part II. The never-ending debate -- The innateness hypothesis -- Philosophy of mind -- Cognitive science -- Modularity -- Part III. The mental grammar, language universals, and language change -- The organization of the mental grammar -- Language Universals -- Language change -- Part IV. Language acquisition -- Language acquisition: the road from input to mental grammar -- The stages of language acquisition -- Critical period effects -- How children create new languages -- Part V. Language in a different modality -- Sign languages -- Part VI. Winding up -- Evaluating the arguments: a forum discussion.

"Illustrated with real-life examples throughout, this book provides a complete introduction to one of the most fundamental question about what it means to be human: how does human language arise in the mind? Theory is explained in an easy-to-understand way, making it accessible for students without a background in linguistics"-- Provided by publisher.

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