Storage and Computation in the Language Faculty

. Ed(s): Nooteboom, Sieb; Weerman, Fred; Wijnen, Frank

ISBN 10: 140200527X / ISBN 13: 9781402005275

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002

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Traditionally, computation as opposed to (lexical) storage, has been the main focus of research in the language faculty. This work discusses the relative roles of computation and storage, both theoretically and on the basis of linguistic, psycholinguistic, and brain-imaging evidence, with respect to a wide range of language phenomena. Editor(s): Nooteboom, Sieb; Weerman, Fred; Wijnen, Frank. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 356 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1130. . 2002. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Storage and Computation in the Language Faculty
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 140200527X
• ISBN 13: 9781402005275
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Every now and again I receive a lengthy manuscript from a kind of theoretician known to psychiatrists as the "triangle people" - kooks who have independently discovered that everything in the universe comes in threes (solid , liquid, gas; protons, neutrons, electrons; the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost ; Moe, Larry, Curly; and so on) . At the risk of sounding like a triangle person, let me explain why I think that the topic of this volume - - storage and computation in the language fac­ ulty - though having just two sides rather than three, is the key to understanding every interesting issue in the study of language. I will begin with the fundamental scientific problem in linguistics: explaining the vast expressive power of language. What is the trick behind our ability to filleach others' heads with so many different ideas? I submit there is not one trick but two, and they have been emphasized by different thinkers throughout the history of linguistics.