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Sentence First, Arguments Afterward: Essays in Language and Learning (OXFORD SERIES IN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT) - Hardcover

Gleitman, Lila

 
9780199828098: Sentence First, Arguments Afterward: Essays in Language and Learning (OXFORD SERIES IN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0199828091 ISBN 13: 9780199828098
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Sentence First, Arguments Afterward collects the important papers of Lila Gleitman, a pioneer of the field of cognitive science. The book explores language from the perspective of language acquisition, linguistic relativity, and the very nature of syntax and semantics. Gleitman reveals insights that are important both for their perspective on the history of the field and for current practice in the study of language and thought.

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About the Author

Lila R. Gleitman is Professor Emerita of Psychology and Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, among other honors. She was president of the Linguistic Society of America in 1993 and won the David Rumelhart Prize in 2017. Spanning six decades, Gleitman's work has shaped our understanding of language and cognition, as well as the relation between these domains. She is best known for her work showing that children's sensitivity to syntactic structure plays a critical role in their acquisition of verb meanings.

Jeffrey Lidz is Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, having previously held positions at Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania, and CNRS Paris. Lidz's research explores language acquisition from the perspective of comparative syntax and semantics, focusing on the relative contributions of experience, extralinguistic cognition, and domain-specific knowledge in learners' discovery of linguistic structure. Lidz was co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Developmental Linguistics (2016) and is Editor-in-Chief of Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199828091
ISBN 13 
9780199828098
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
920
Editor
Lidz Jeffrey