The Infinite Gift: How Children Learn and Unlearn the Languages of the World

Yang, Charles

ISBN 10: 0743237560 / ISBN 13: 9780743237567

Published by Scribner, 2006

About this Item

Unread new book in great conditions. Binding tight, text block clear, and the cover shows minimal signs of shelf wear. It includes dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1635204914436

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Infinite Gift: How Children Learn and Unlearn the Languages of the World
• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743237560
• ISBN 13: 9780743237567
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Languages

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Synopsis

A preeminent researcher in language acquisition draws on cutting-edge scientific findings to address key issues about language development, demonstrating how human beings are born with an innate ability to speak any language but customize their communication abilities to accommodate the language that they hear, in an account that also explores the sources of grammatical rules. 35,000 first printing.

About the Author

Charles Yang teaches linguistics and psychology at Yale University. Trained as a computer scientist at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, he has written extensively on children and language and contributes articles to The London Review of Books, among other literary publications. He lives in Delaware with his wife, a frequent research collaborator, and young son, a frequent research subject.