Language, bananas and bonobos : linguistic problems, puzzles and polemics
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Language, bananas and bonobos : linguistic problems, puzzles and polemics
Blackwell, 2002
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Language, bananas & bonobos : linguistic problems, puzzles and polemics
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [134]-145) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780631228714
Description
How can people who are both blind and deaf communicate? What makes Woody Allen funny? Is it normal to hear colors and see sounds? If questions like these have puzzled you, this book of essays on the nature of language will quench your curiosity. Language pervades every aspect of life. It is essential to everyone everywhere - from politicians to poets, philosophers to pharmacists - yet linguistics is often forbidding. This collection of short, accessible essays changes that. Language, Bananas, and Bonobos presents a series of engaging reflections on concerns such as our knowledge and use of language, political correctness, and the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees. In doing so, the volume provides new insights into this subject of universal interest.
Table of Contents
Preface. Prelude: 1. How to be the Center of the Universe. Part I: Problems: 2. Tadoma. 3. Putting a Banana in Your Ear. 4. A Fragment of Genius. 5. Colourful Language. 6. The Structure of Noise. 7. Dissociations. Part II: Puzzles: 8. Puzzle. 9. PC. 10. Acquired Whining. 11. Godshit. 12. The Golem. 13. $. Part III: Polemics: 14. Bonobos. 15. Whales, Sunflowers and the Evolution of Language. 16. Jackdaws, Sex and Language Acquisition. 17. Does Chomsky Exist? 18. Relentless Jollity, Inexorable Logic and the Nature of Mind. 19. Structural Eccentricities. 20. The Velarity of Linguists. Glossary. References. Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631228721
Description
Language, Bananas, and Bonobos presents a series of engaging reflections on concerns such as our knowledge and use of language, political correctness, and the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees. In doing so, this volume provides new insights into linguistics that are of universal interest.
Table of Contents
Preface. Prelude:.
1. How to be the Center of the Universe.
Part I: Problems:.
2. Tadoma.
3. Putting a Banana in Your Ear.
4. A Fragment of Genius.
5. Colourful Language.
6. The Structure of Noise.
7. Dissociations.
Part II: Puzzles:.
8. Puzzle.
9. PC.
10. Acquired Whining.
11. Godshit.
12. The Golem.
13. $.
Part III: Polemics:.
14. Bonobos.
15. Whales, Sunflowers and the Evolution of Language.
16. Jackdaws, Sex and Language Acquisition.
17. Does Chomsky Exist?.
18. Relentless Jollity, Inexorable Logic and the Nature of Mind.
19. Structural Eccentricities.
20. The Velarity of Linguists.
Glossary.
References.
Index.
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