Lingua Ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain
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Book Overview
A neuroscientist and a linguist show how evolution could have given rise to structured language. A machine for language? Certainly, say the neurophysiologists, busy studying the language specializations of the human brain and trying to identify their evolutionary antecedents. Linguists such as Noam Chomsky talk about machinelike "modules" in the brain for syntax, arguing that language is more an instinct (a complex behavior triggered by simple environmental...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262032732
ISBN13:9780262032735
Release Date:February 2000
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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Conversation on conversation
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The so-called "reconcilation" promised by the title is not entirely delivered. Both Calvin and Bickerton seem too taken with their respective ideas. It is an interesting discussion nonetheless, and good points are made by both writers.
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