FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE

' Foundations of Language offers a radically new understanding of how language, the brain, and perception intermesh. The book renews the promise of early generative linguistics: that language can be a valuable entree into understanding the human mind and brain. Th e approach is remarkably interdisciplinary. Behind its innovations is Jackendoff's fundamental proposal that the creativity of langu age derives from multiple parallel generative systems linked by interface components. this shift in basic architecture makes possibl e a radi...[Llegir més]