Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Language and Mind 3ed

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the third edition of Noam Chomsky's outstanding essays on language and mind, first publshed in 2006. The first six chapters, originally published in the 1960s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theory. In this edition, two additional chapters review the key issues, raising some novel and exciting challenges for linguistics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9780521674935
• ISBN-10: 052167493X
• Artikelnr.: 20779238

Autorenporträt

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in history and has profoundly shaped contemporary understanding of American politics. An ally of anarcho-syndicalists the world over, he has authored numerous books on linguistics, history and politics. He is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Linguistic contributions to the study of mind: past; 2. Linguistic contributions to the study of mind: present; 3. Linguistic contributions to the study of mind: future; 4. Form and meaning in natural languages; 5. The formal nature of language; 6. Linguistics and philosophy; 7. Biolinguistics and the human capacity; 8. Three factors in language design.