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Foundations of Language
Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution
Ray Jackendoff
504 pages
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numerous figures
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234x156mm
978-0-19-926437-7
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Paperback
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04 September 2003
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- A radical step forward in linguistics and in understanding of the interconnection of language, the brain, and perception
- The most fundamental reexamination and reformulation of lingusitic theory since the publication of Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax in 1965
- Reintegrates linguistics with philosophy of mind, cognitive and developmental psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and computer science
- Author has lectured on the book in Berlin, Madrid, Paris (April 2003), Athens, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Cambridge MA, and has appeared on numerous US TV and radio programmes
How does human language work? How do we put ideas into words that others can understand? Can linguistics shed light on the way the brain operates?
Foundations of Language puts linguistics back at the centre of the search to understand human consciousness. Ray Jackendoff begins by surveying the developments in linguistics over the years since Noam Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. He goes on to propose a radical re-conception of how the brain processes language. This opens up vivid new perspectives on every
major aspect of language and communication, including grammar, vocabulary, learning, the origins of human language, and how language relates to the real world. Foundations of Language makes important connections with other disciplines which have been isolated from linguistics for many years. It sets a new agenda for close cooperation between the study of language, mind, the brain, behaviour, and evolution.
Readership: All linguists (particularly psycholinguists, neurolinguists, and computational linguists), neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, evolutionary psychologists, philosophers of language, philosophers of mind, and all those interested in the role of language in human development, cognition,
and communication.
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Ray Jackendoff, co-director, Dan Dennett Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University
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"The book is ... a fascinating introduction to the world of linguistics. ... I found the book extremely interesting, captivating and important. If you are not sure about certain basic facts in the research of natural language, read this book. It will provide you with quite an objective view of the development of the research of language on all aspects." - Linguist List "A masterpiece" - Nature "I believe this book has the potential to reorient linguistics more decisively than any book since Syntactic Structures shook the discipline almost half a century ago." - Robbins Burling, Language in Society "An excellent overview of the complexities of language" - New
Scientist
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Part I: Psychological and Biological Foundations
1: The Complexity of Linguistic Structure
2: Language as a Mental Phenomenon
3: Combinatoriality
4: Universal Grammar
Part II: Architectural Foundations
5: The Parallel Architecture
6: Lexical Storage Versus Online Construction
7: Implications for Processing
8: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Architecture
Part III: Semantic and Conceptual Foundations
9: Semantics as a Mentalistic Enterprise
10: Reference and Truth
11: Lexical Semantics
12: Phrasal Semantics
13: Concluding Remarks
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