Gerry T. M. Altmann

The Ascent of Babel

An Exploration of Language, Mind, and Understanding

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 257
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780198523789
• Artikelnr.: 24550443

Inhaltsangabe

In the beginning
1: Looking towards Babel
2: Babies, birth, and language
3: Chinchillas do it too
4: Words, and what we learn to do with them
5: Organizing the dictionary
6: Words, and how we (eventually) find them
7: Time flies like an arrow
8: Who did what, and to whom?
9: On the meaning of meaning
10: Exercising the vocal organs
11: The written word
12: When it all goes wrong
13: Wiring-up a brain
14: The descent from Babel
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