The language organ : linguistics as cognitive physiology

Bibliographic Information

The language organ : linguistics as cognitive physiology

Stephen R. Anderson, David W. Lightfoot

Cambridge University Press, 2002

  • : hardback
  • : pbk

Available at  / 61 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-256) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Language Organ treats human language as the manifestation of a faculty of the mind, a mental organ whose nature is determined by human biology and whose functional properties should be explored just as physiology explores the functional properties of physical organs. It surveys the nature of the language faculty in its various aspects: the systems of sounds, words, and syntax, the development of language in the child and historically, and what is known about its relation to the brain. It discusses the kinds of work that can be carried out in these areas that will contribute to an understanding of the human language organ. This book will appeal to students and researchers in linguistics, and is written to be accessible to colleagues in other disciplines dealing with language as well as to readers with an interest in general science and the nature of the human mind.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. Studying the human language faculty
  • 2. Language as a mental organ
  • 3. Syntax
  • 4. Sound patterns to language
  • 5. Describing linguistic knowledge
  • 6. Phonetics and the I-linguistics of speech
  • 7. Morphology
  • 8. Language change
  • 9. 'Growing' a language
  • 10. The organic basis of language.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

  • NCID
    BA58850580
  • ISBN
    • 9780521809948
    • 0521007836
  • LCCN
    2002073773
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 263 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
  • Subject Headings
Page Top