Explorations in the Biology of Language

Walker, Edward, edited

ISBN 10: 0897060008 / ISBN 13: 9780897060004

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1978. Linguistics. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Work Group in the Biology of Language. MIT Press. Very good - near fine dark red cloth and good+ dust jacket 247p. Previous owner's name on front end sheet. Bookseller Inventory # 504242733

Bibliographic Details

Title: Explorations in the Biology of Language

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis:

Sponsored by the Sloan Foundation, the book is the result of collaborative efforts by The MIT Work Group—distinguished scholar in biology, linguistics, psychology, physiology, and medicine.

Contents: Preface, Morris Halle and Salvador E. Luria; What Is the Biology of Language? Barbara Von Eckardt Klein; The Linguistic and Psycholinguistic Background, Noam Chomsky and Edward Walker; Inferring Functional Localization from Neurological Evidence, Barbara Von Eckardt Klein; The Linguistic Interpretation of Aphasic Syndromes, Mary-Louise Kean; Accessing the Mental Lexicon, Kenneth I. Forster; A Case Study: Face Recognition, Susan Carey; Current Studies of Animal Communications Paradigms for the Biology of Language, Edward Walker; Some Neurological Techniques for Accessing Localization of Function, David Rosenfield.

Review:

"This book provides a well-argued response to well-entrenched prejudice: linguists, concerned with abstract notions of competence, have tended to ignore neurological data; and clinicians have shunned transformational and structural grammars as remote from the practical business of localization, taxonomy, and prognosis.... These 'explorations' should be welcomed as a rare and worthwhile contribution."
—F. Newcombe, Journal of the Neurological Sciences

"This book would be a valuable addition to the libraries of instructors of language behavior and disorders."
—G. Albyn Davis, ASHA Journal