Patterns In The Mind: Language And Human NatureWhat is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can speak and understand a language? Why can't other creatures do the same? And what does this tell us about the rest of human abilities? Recent dramatic discoveries in linguistics and psychology provide intriguing answers to these age-old mysteries. In this fascinating book, Ray Jackendoff emphasizes the grammatical commonalities across languages, both spoken and signed, and discusses the implications for our understanding of language acquisition and loss. |
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The argument for innate knowledge | 21 |
Overview | 39 |
Phonological structure | 53 |
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ability adult aphasia Argument for Innate Argument for Mental basic behavior Beth Broca's aphasics Broca's area Chapter child chimp cognitive complex concepts configuration conscious creole critical period critical period hypothesis culture deaf developed encoded environment example Expletive Infixation expressive variety fact Figure function functional words Fundamental Arguments genetic gestures Harry hearing home sign human nature Hypothesis impaired inflections Innate Knowledge input instance intuitively language acquisition language learning linguistic look meaning mental grammar mind musical grammar Noam Chomsky normal noun phrase numbskull object organization parallel parents past tense perception phonological structure pidgin plural possible preposition principles pronounced questions sense sentences sequence Sign Language signal social sort speak speakers specialized speech sounds spoken language Stage Steven Pinker syntactic structure things thought tree unconscious understand Universal Grammar utterances verb visual vocabulary vocal tract Wernicke's Wernicke's aphasia wh-word word order