More Linguistic Problems, Puzzles and Polemics
E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, E-Book
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5018-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
* * Written by one of the most senior figures in linguistics.
* Features fascinating topics ranging from language death to signlanguage.
* Includes an introduction to the current vision of linguisticsmost closely associated with Noam Chomsky.
* Contains a glossary of all technical terms andinterpretations.
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Dedication.
Preface.
Introduction: What everyone should know about language andlinguistics.
Part I. The meaning of 'Language'.
Part II. Knowledge of Language.
Part III. Describing Knowledge of Language.
Part IV. Explanation in Language.
Part V. Linguistics as a 'Science'.
Part VI. Beyond language: Pragmatics and the Language ofThought.
Part I Language in the Limit.
1. Savants.
2. Singing by the Dead.
3. Maganar Hannu.
4. Sneering at the Arts.
5. Babes and Sucklings.
6. Censored?.
7. Did you know that the Portuguese for Turkey is Peru?.
Part II Language in the Genes.
8. Obstinacy.
9. Backlash.
10. Is there a gene for linguists?.
11. Frogs, Parrots, Grooming, the Basal Ganglia andLanguage.
Part III Core Concerns.
12. Parametric Poverty.
13. Linguistics by Numbers.
14. Modules, Modals, Maths & the Mind.
15. Nothing.
16. The.
17. Are gucks mentally represented?.
Postscript: A Refutation.
18. Wonder.
Glossary.
References.
Index.