Patterns in the mind ray jackendoff foundations
In this fascinating book, Ray Jackendoff emphasizes the grammatical commonalities across languages, both spoken and signed, and discusses the implications for....
Patterns in the mind
What is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can all speak and understand a language?
Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Jackendoff - - Oxford University Press UK. Rules and Chomsky (ed.
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. Along with the stunning advances in neuro-science and artificial intelligence, this research has breathed new life into the study of the mind.
Patterns in the Mind by Ray S. Jackendoff Patterns in the Mind: Language and Human Nature.The central idea of this book is that our language ability is stored in the brain as a set of unconscious patterns, or a "mental grammar." How do children learn this grammar? Ray Jackendoff demonstrates that this remarkable feat involves a rich interweaving of nature and nurture: children come to the task of learning language equipped with an innate, genetically encoded "Universal Grammar" that provides the building blocks for all human languages.
Patterns in the Mind emphasizes the grammatical common