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Biolinguistics - especially the work of Noam Chomsky - suggests that the design of language may be 'perfect': language is an optimal solution to conditions of sound and meaning. What is the scope of this inquiry? Which aspect of nature does this science investigate? This book is a study of...

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Main Author: Mukherji, Nirmalangshu
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Biolinguistics.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Biolinguistics - especially the work of Noam Chomsky - suggests that the design of language may be 'perfect': language is an optimal solution to conditions of sound and meaning. What is the scope of this inquiry? Which aspect of nature does this science investigate? This book is a study of such foundational questions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 278 pages) : illustrations, music
ISBN:9780262280310
0262280310
9780262014052
026201405X
1282541943
9781282541948
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262014052.001.0001