{"product_id":"the-language-organ-linguistics-as-cognitive-physiology-paperback-9780521007832","title":"The Language Organ; Linguistics as Cognitive Physiology (Paperback) 9780521007832","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Language Organ\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLinguistics as Cognitive Physiology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book discusses the biological basis for a person's use of language.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen R. Anderson (Author), David W. Lightfoot (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521007832, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 September 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.462 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A superb overview of the logic of language and its basis in the human mind.' Steven Pinker, MIT and author of The Language Instinct and Words and Rules\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Language Organ treats human language as the manifestation of a faculty of the mind, a mental organ whose nature is determined by human biology and whose functional properties should be explored just as physiology explores the functional properties of physical organs. It surveys the nature of the language faculty in its various aspects: the systems of sounds, words, and syntax, the development of language in the child and historically, and what is known about its relation to the brain. It discusses the kinds of work that can be carried out in these areas that will contribute to an understanding of the human language organ. This book will appeal to students and researchers in linguistics, and is written to be accessible to colleagues in other disciplines dealing with language as well as to readers with an interest in general science and the nature of the human mind.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Studying the human language faculty\u003cbr\u003e 2. Language as a mental organ\u003cbr\u003e 3. Syntax\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sound patterns to language\u003cbr\u003e 5. Describing linguistic knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 6. Phonetics and the I-linguistics of speech\u003cbr\u003e 7. Morphology\u003cbr\u003e 8. Language change\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Growing' a language\u003cbr\u003e 10. The organic basis of language.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000115024152,"sku":"9780521007832","price":43.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521007832i_85daad33-eeef-4043-978a-051c1865d618.jpg?v=1691376575","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-language-organ-linguistics-as-cognitive-physiology-paperback-9780521007832","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}